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Hi all, I picked up some Morgans (mostly for Silver investment but I thought it wouldn't hurt to check for VAM's. The R is partially missing, from what little I know it does no look like a Grease Filled Die or like is was polished away. Was it just damaged ( PSD) or could it be a VAM? Thanks for your help    |
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That's 79s rev78. Worth more than typical 79s in that grade
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Thanks Jadey I'll check it out  Edit I checked out the die markers and I think you may be right - here are some more images Let me know what you all think to it being what Jaydey mentioned.      Edited by CoinCents
03/01/2019 6:29 pm
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The first picture with the red circle looks like a partial match, but I'm not seeing anything in the other pictures. I think your pictures need to be clearer. I also just noticed the following statement in VAM 39. Quote:
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1. VAM-9, VAM-35, VAM-39, VAM-42 all have a partially broken serif in the R of TRUST. The top portion is missing, but almost all of the shape is visible.
2. Earliest die state without diagonal polishing line in eagle's right wing is 1879-S VAM-35. Later reverse B2g die state with additional thin diagonal polishing line in lower part of eagle's right wing is VAM-34. VAM-34A is an even later die state. So, there are others with the broken R. You might want to check those. |
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I am trying to figure this one out - but I don't know what exactly I should be seeing for this "Engraved Wing Feather" most of the images are not marked with arrows. I think I do have it figured out the mine is the closed 9. Help Ple ASE |
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From what I can tell, the "Engraved Wing Feather" is a reference to the double polish line identified by the red lines in this image. Bottom right image. I can't see that on yours, but your picture is not very clear. |
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Had a nice AU VAM 39 land here yesterday . Yours appears to be a VAM 39 also. Nice find! |
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Thank you all, it's been a busy weekend with the family so I haven't had time to get back to this yet.
Yours replies are greatly appreciated.
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