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I would appreciate the expert CCF opinions on this 1878 Morgan dollar. Do you think it would straight grade? Thank you for your insights.   "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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ms62. looks like the 8 tail feathers variety.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I say MS61. Lots of pits, dings and hits.
Nice die crack though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think the field scratches will hold this to MS details.
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Is that a VAM 9 I spy with my Morgan eye? Or do said eyes deceive me and it's something entirely different (14.1? Another VAM?) MS62 no matter the variety. Those dies were definitely nearing end of life. Super special coin if it is a V9. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Barely makes MS60 but 8TF is always nice to have!
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Nice variety with many die cracks. MS-61, although the hairlines have a good chance of detailing the coin.
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Thank you all for your opinions on the Morgan. I got too busy and missed the end of the auction. Not sure what the hammer price was.
Edit: I believe this may be VAM-12
Edit2: Coin hammered at $160
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
Edited by Bump111
03/16/2022 12:30 pm
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I'm with IGE on this one, UNC Details, obverse scratches
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I'll go MS-62 on this one, nice pictures. I will also go with a VAM 9. Edited by GMS5
03/16/2022 10:00 am
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I think this may have been a 62 if not detailed. It is not a VAM 9. |
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nice coin and strike---i go with vam-12---
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Unc Details due to the scratches in the field in front of her face.
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anyone notice the center of the eagle breast? to me this coin may have been tooled. thoughts?
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Posted 03/15/2022 12:46 pm
