as for the lighting, diffuse it, put some sort of cloth between the light and the camera.
Personally I would like to see a picture of the coin without a lot of luster if thats possible.
Another thing - if your asking for assistance on
VAM's with pics, I would find a place that will allow you to upload pics and use that service
then your able to post a pic thats larger thatm 100KB here, and it will allow for pics of about 750x750 or 1,000x1,000 pixels.
The larger and clearer the pics, the better off the people who are willing to help will give better responses.
First and foremost - go to
http://www.vamworld.com, and look around there.
There is an easy link which can teach you how to attrubute your own coins. No worries, many are here to help you along at any stage, but this site is really cool.
This particular area is best, it allows you to look by date and mint mark, and is less confusing.
http://www.vamworld.com/Morgan+VAMs+By+Date