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1878 8TF Morgan Silver Dollar

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 Posted 03/09/2025  11:22 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add UnimpossibIe to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey all, just looking for some opinions on this one. Thanks!


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 Posted 03/09/2025  11:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add adam126402 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll take a SWAG at MS63+.
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 Posted 03/09/2025  11:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add UnimpossibIe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the opinion! I'm a little concerned about the bagmarks on the cheek and the chatter below the PL of Pluribus, so every set of eyes helps. Thanks again!
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 Posted 03/10/2025  01:18 am  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Beautiful reverse, but the deep bag marks on the cheek might hold it to a 62. Hopefully not, because it's a beautiful, frosty coin!
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 Posted 03/10/2025  01:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MS-62, breast feathers well struck up.
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 Posted 03/10/2025  08:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smat45 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good looking 8TF!
63
Maybe VAM-4?
https://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1878-P_VAM-4
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 Posted 03/10/2025  09:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The obverse has PL surfaces that just amplifies every tick and blemish the obverse has. The reverse is outstanding. I think it would make 63 in the grading room. Nice coin!
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 Posted 03/10/2025  09:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ham1947 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wouldn't pay 63 money for this one. MS62.
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 Posted 03/10/2025  10:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ericgreen to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice example! I am at 62
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 Posted 03/10/2025  11:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bump111 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree with @smat 's VAM-4 designation, which won't bring any real variety premium. This coin looks MS62 to me. If it proves to be PL, it's a 300-400-dollar coin. If it makes DMPL, double that.
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 Posted 03/10/2025  1:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add UnimpossibIe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all for your opinions as well as for the VAM citation. I checked all of the Top 50/100/etc. VAMs and when it didn't match any of those I just gave up. I was also torn between MS62 and MS63, I wouldn't be surprised or disappointed with either. I don't know if the Reverse is PL enough to warrant that designation, but I will keep my fingers crossed.
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 Posted 03/10/2025  8:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echidna to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
63
Watch your top knot
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A couple years ago, I think this coin could have pulled a 63 from any of the TPGs. The much tighter standards being used right now likely holds this coin to MS-62 in their eyes. The reverse is fantastic. The overall eye appeal is better than the technical grade. The fact that we are all on the 62/63 bubble suggests that it's still a bourse floor MS-63, but I'd hold off getting it certified right now. Nice coin.
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 Posted 03/10/2025  11:21 pm  Show Profile   Check BH1964's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add BH1964 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm at 63 too. The reverse is 65 easily and the obverse is a 62 imo.
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 Posted 03/10/2025  11:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MisterT to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My first impression was that the bag marks hold it to a 62 but it does indeed appear to be proof-like. Can you hold the coin on edge over a printed page and see the reflection of the printing? If so, for what distance, (2",3",4", etc...)
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 Posted 03/14/2025  01:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll say MS-63.
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