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1878 Morgan 7/8 Strong?

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your thoughts and comments much appreciated.
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It looks like a VAM-33, possibly a 33A.
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I'd say not even a close call, definitely weak rather than strong vis-à-vis the 7/8 state.

The obverse hits I see are pretty prominent but in this era of "market" grading I imagine it might still make MS64.


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Better pics needed for grading. Looks dipped from these pics.
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looks ms64 but the luster is not showing on liberty's face which is a little concerning, but may be the lighting. nice fields.
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It's the 7/4 "fat legs" 33A, and clashed at the neck/chin junction, the chin, and the mouth; on the reverse, inside the upper left and upper right wreath tips.

The fields are great, but the bust and right wing have marks, nicks, scrapes, and dings. MS-63 would be my grade.

You can see some pitting resembling die rust in places, and similar pitting is evident on the 33A plate coins at VW.

This one looks like a slightly later die state than the plate coins for 33A which look to me like EDS coin struck soon after the dies clashed.
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Shot 64, tell us about the luster.
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Paralyse - thanks for the education. I went to the
VM site to to get a better understanding of the attribution you suggested. obviously, you are correct. and yes the plates there are very similar to this coin.
Coinfrog - luster looks good and unbroken. larger ding above the eye appears to a bag mark with indents from the reeding of other coins.
another pic attached from dealer that, hopefully, better shows luster on face.
thanks all.
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oof, that new picture seems to indicate an ms62 coin at best.
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that obverse is pretty choppy. I cant go MS63 so MS62+
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MS-63
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MS-62
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