Looking For Help With An 1878 8TF Morgan

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CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/11/2019 12:36 pm After listening to SeatedNut in my other post, I'm going to post this coin in here to see if you can help me out. I looked through the VAM listings for this coin and I'm not really seeing where this coin fits in. I don't see any doubling, which throws out a lot of the VAMs. But, I'm just learning this stuff. So, I'd love to hear anyone's comments on what they think. I tried to get some closer pics. The reverse pics turned out well, but my obverse ones didn't turn out the best. If you want a close up of something specific, let me know and I'll try my best to get it for you. Thanks to everyone for their help and for educating me on this. Report this Post to the Staff

dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/11/2019 1:32 pm Scroll down through the attached link until you come across your reverse. http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.c...uide#Step_2: Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/11/2019 2:59 pm Based on the feathers under the left wing, I'm leaning toward a VAM 14. I tried to get a better picture of the ear for confirmation. Edited by CitationSquirrel 11/11/2019 3:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/11/2019 3:02 pm The only problem with this being a VAM 14 is that I'm not seeing the doubling that is described. Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/11/2019 4:56 pm I was thinking the A1f reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/11/2019 5:56 pm Ok, I think I'm slowly getting it. I may have misread which picture went with which reverse. FWIW, we both picked the same pic, I just attributed it to the wrong VAM. So now, I'm looking at a 12, 16, or 17. I'll do some more looking now. Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 12:27 pm Look at the eye. Report this Post to the Staff
BGLI Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 4:31 pm great pictures- what camera or software do people use? can an iphone take decent enough pictures to post? Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/12/2019 4:46 pm BGLI: Mine is a pretty simple setup. The first two pics (whole coin pics) are just taken with my Moto phone. There is a really good video on the "Coin Help U" youtube site talking about taking pics with a phone and how to crop it and edit and make it look nice. I generally just do that and can post pics here and on ebay that way. The magnified pics are again taken on my phone using just a simple "digital microscope" app. Sometimes that magnified pics don't turn out out the best (a little fuzzy sometimes). But for the most part if you don't try to magnify the coin too much it will work. Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 11/13/2019 10:26 am CitationSquirrel, Did you note Dave700x comment about the "eye"? Pretty much nails it. Report this Post to the Staff
CitationSquirrel Pillar of the Community United States 1026 Posts	Posted 11/13/2019 11:48 am Yes ..... "eye" did "see" that. Report this Post to the Staff
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