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sjh241 Valued Member United States 386 Posts	Posted 10/10/2012 11:13 pm Tried my 3rd attempt at attributing one of my Morgans. Took a crack at a 1884-O with a more disciplined approach as shown in Seatednuts post. Here is how I looked at the coin: 1. Reverse: determined if round or oval O. It was oval. 2. Reverse: determined if anything was going on in or around the O. I found the re-punch at the top inside of the O (a horizontal curved re-punch, not vertical). 3. Reverse: checked position of mint-mark. It was center high (I'm guessing this should have been the 2nd step)? * at this point it narrowed the possibilities to a few, so I went to the obverse. 4. Checked the date. Nothing really going on there except far-date. 5. Checked the stars and E. PLURIBUS UNUM. This Morgan had many die-cracks on the obverse. Found the LDS break in the 6th left star. 6. Checked a few other obverse die breaks vs. Vamworld pics. Breaks matched. I attributed this Morgan as a VAM-29A I-3 R-5. Do the findings sound correct? Edited by sjh241 10/10/2012 11:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff

mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 01:03 am to assist in better visualizing exactly your talking points 1. through 6. mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff
sjh241 Valued Member United States 386 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 01:07 am I'll get pics posted in the morning. I usually take horrible pics, slightly better with natural light. Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 02:08 am Quote: slightly better with natural light Why wait for the sun to come up when you can use something called a 'daylight compact fluorescent' bulb anytime; this bulb very closely simulates natural daylight and works great on coins. This Ecosmart brand bulb runs at 120 volts, 14 watts energy utilization(light output equivalent to a regular 60 watt bulb), and 5000k(Kelvin). This CFL(Compact Fluorescent Lamp) bulb can be procured at home improvement stores such as Lowes and/or Home Depot for less than $ 3.75 each in a four pack. For examples of the type of end results it is capable of producing check out the posts specifically relating to the iT7 USB camera which used these exact types of CFL bulbs: https://goccf.com/t/88598 in the CCF photography section. fyi, mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff
sjh241 Valued Member United States 386 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:34 pm Here are the pics. Will check out the bulb as mentioned (and something else to take better pics with, this Canon SD 750 is really not cutting it): Report this Post to the Staff
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