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Oct 10, 2012
NEW MORGANS HAVE VAMS TOO
1 of 1 found this helpful THE 1903 MORGAN DOLLAR WAS STRUCK BY ONLY THREE MINTS, PHILA.,NEW OR., AND SAN FRAN. NEARLY THE SAME NUMBER WERE STRUCK AT P AND O BUT THE VALUES OF THE O MINT ARE FIVE TO SIX TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE, SO IF YOU ARE INIT FOR BULLION BUY THE PHILI. MINT. THE S MINT ONLY STRUCK A LITTLE OVER ONE MILLION, LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE OTHER TWO MINTS. YOU WILL PAY BIG MONEY FOR AN S MINT. THE VAMS OCCUR AT ALL MINTS,SO ALL THREE ARE GOOD FOR THAT COLLECTOR. I BOUGHT THIS COIN FOR THE BRILLIANT REFLECTIVE QUALITIES THAT OCCUR SOON AFTER A DIE IS POLISHED, AFEW MORE STRIKES THE BRILLIANCE LEAVES.
Jul 10, 2012
MOST INTERESTING UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS
4 of 4 found this helpful THE 1878 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF A LONG RUN OF MANY YEARS OF PRODUCTION. BEING THE FIRST YEAR, MANY BUGS HAD TO BE WORKED OUT OF THE DESIGN. FIRST ISSUE WAS '7' OR '8' TAIL FEATHERS ON THE REVERSE OF THE COIN. THIS MAKES THE '8' TAIL FEATHER [FIRST OF PRODUCTION] A MOST SOUGHT AFTER COIN DUE TO IT'S RARITY. AFTER THAT THE COINS STRUCK HAD MANY VAM VARITY ISSUES. CRACKED DIE, LETTERS MISALIGNED, ETC. ALSO THE '7' OVER'8' TAIL FEATHER STRIKES. THE CONCAVE EAGLE BREAST. THESE THINGS MAKE THE '78 ONE OF THE MOST DIFFERENT STRUCK COINS OF ALL YEARS.
Dec 10, 2012
LOW MINT NUMBERS ARE KEEPERS
THE 1899-P WAS ONE OF THE LEAST MINTED NUMBERS OF THE PHILIDELPHIA MINT AND ONE OF THE LOW NUMBERS OF THE MORGAN SERIES. HIGH PRICES FROM LOWEST GRADE ON UP, BUT THE HIGHEST GRADES ARE NOT REALLY UP TO THE VALUES I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE. I THINK THIS WILL BE A HOARDER COIN IN THE FUTURE. JUST LIKE CRUDE OIL, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH OF IT. THIS COIN ARE BECOMING FEWER AND FEWER AS SCRAP SILVER TAKES LOW GRADE COINS FOR MELT, THEY NEVER CHECK NUMISMATIC VALUE...