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On the reverse, under the O, is that a scratch or the strike ?
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Difficult to say.  |
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Yeah the more I look at it the more it looks like a VAM 3A . |
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Yes may be a 5A. Looks like a gouge in eagle beak I didn't see earlier. Sometimes there's not a lot of differences between Vams and the die stages. Under O looks like a scratch often called bag marks. Silver dollars were stored in bags and got scuffs, nicks, scratches as the bags were layed on each other and got tossed about in the vaults. Those never released for circulation can still have damage. Here's pic from 1910s of treasury vault in Washington DC showing Morgans in bags. The photo was colorized by CoinWorld.  Edited by livingwater
05/14/2025 8:37 pm
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Quote:Yes may be a 5A. Looks like a gouge in eagle beak I didn't see earlier. Sometimes there's not a lot of differences between Vams and the die stages. Under O looks like a scratch often called bag marks. Silver dollars were stored in bags and got scuffs, nicks, scratches as the bags were layed on each other and got tossed about in the vaults. Those never released for circulation can still have damage. Here's pic from 1910s of treasury vault in Washington DC showing Morgans in bags. The photo was colorized by CoinWorld. Might could be. Got it in yesterday and the ANACs covering didn't help photo-wise but I got a couple three decent shot of it. Nice coin tho, no doubt about it. Best Morgan I own.    |
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and the ANACs covering didn't help What covering? |
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Is it in a GSA holder, graded by ANACS? GSA (General Services Administraton) holders with Morgans were sold by the US Mint from about 1972-1980. Some were graded later with labels on the top or bottom.
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05/20/2025 09:38 am
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Yup. Thanks.
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05/20/2025 09:42 am
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Nice CC ... good acquisition ...
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Thanks. I'm enjoying it. I bought some stuff to clean up the capsules and take the scratches out and it looks much better now.
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