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1878-P 7/5tf VAM-38

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 Posted 06/18/2007  7:55 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I swear, sometimes you feel like you're on autopilot, and the coins are seeking you out. Here's my first 7/8TF Morgan, a VAM-38 which I'm tentatively calling MS63. Note the amazing doubling in LIBERTY, the largest such shift known on a Morgan. Also note the substantial doubling in E PLURIBUS. If this stuff is prominent enough to see in an 800px photo, you know it's big.

On the reverse, the VAM is characterized (besides the 5 tailfeathers showing) by the lack of detail between the eagle's right leg and wing. That's is how I cherrypicked this one. In the interest of disclosure, the detail pic is contrast-enhanced to bring out the doubling.

How's my grading?

1878-P-7/5tf-VAM-38

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 Posted 06/18/2007  8:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
hmm am I gonna have to start collecting 1921 Morgans now?
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Very nice. I'm not sure how bad that chin is, but I would have said 64; but I see why it might be a 3.
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hmm am I gonna have to start collecting 1921 Morgans now?


I can't help it, Bryan. I swear, these things are finding me, not the other way around.
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Nice looking Morgan!
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 Posted 06/19/2007  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChristinaM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You are starting to scare me

Are we on the same wavelength or something?
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 Posted 06/19/2007  6:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I swear I'm not stalking you.

Seriously - I happened upon a cherrypick Long Nock VAM a couple months ago, and it's rekindled my interest in Morgans to an extent. So, I've been watching for Long Nocks lately, and have stumbled upon a couple of good ones. This is the most recent, and your thread helped me attribute it before the snipe.
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