1921 Morgan///Hairlines Galore... New Pics

The things that interest me the most are:

1) The die polishing in the eagle's tail
2) The pitting below the L
3) The straight die polishing lines extending from the denticles thru the LUR in PLURIBUS - is that prominent line after the R raised?
4) The dot in the E - there are many examples of such odd dots in 1921 Morgans. It's theorized that they may be the result of hardness tests of the dies.

None of those have any mention in available descriptions of 1921-P VAM's. Taken singly, they may not be important enough to warrant designation as a new VAM. Together, they might.

One other thing, wrongalot. Do you have any other 1921-P Morgans? If so, can you compare the reeding between this one and another? Some 1921's had 157 reeds instead of the usual 189, and the space between reeds is noticeably wider when comparing the two side-by-side. That won't help us with attribution, but it'll be a point of significance if yours is an Infrequently Reeded type.

Yes the line after the R is raised.

and here I thought that was called a rim...darn it wrong again...hehehe

I counted the reeds. and there are 189, boy was that hard to do...

wrongalot,
i enlarged your pic a bit,hope it helps somewhat.You counted all the reeds!

Thank you TL. Yes, I counted them all. I got a toothpick and used it to go from one to the other, lost my place a dozen times, almost threw it out the window, but I got r done....

You counted the reeds? I am awed.

The pics you've already taken prove that you have good enough magnification to catch all the details required, and your digipics ain't bad either. The next step, for me, is to invite a couple of acquaintances from other forums (people who know more about 1921's than I) in to read this thread, and maybe express an opinion.

Your next step, if you could, is to look for letter, star and date douubling - no need for pics, you can just write it down. We'll get to the bottom of this thing.

SD, ok, I look at the letters and I think I see some slight doubling on the words united states of america, and a couple of the stars on the reverse, did not see anything on the obverse. Also found 3 more lighter die cracks on the obverse.