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I have an 1855 Large Cent that seems to have excessive wear on the date. It looks odd because the other features close to the date do not appear to exhibit nearly as much wear as the date. Is this just normal wear or was there an issue with the die that caused a weak strike? Thanks!!

I have a full date set of Morgan Silver Dollars (multiple coins for some dates) which includes a complete set of Carson City coins. If I am going to trade or sell this collection, would I be likely to be able to move it as a whole (preferred) or should I anticipate needing to sell the coins individually? Thanks for any and all advice. Cal in Texas

I would appreciate your opinions as to whether I have identified the correct VAM for my 1879-cc Morgan dollar. 3 (revised) III2 3 ∙ C3c (Large Over Small CC, Doubled Date) (178) I-5 R-6Obverse III2 3 – Doubled date with 18 strongly doubled at top outside, 8 also doubled at lower inside of upper loop, 7 at lower serif and 9 atbottom outside of lower loop.Reverse C3c – Rough raised metal above and within CC mint mark, a large over small mint mark. PIC #1 - date from my coin PIC #2 - date from sample coin - VAMWorld PIC #3 - mm from my coin PIC #4 - mm from sample coin - VAMWorld

Yes, I do. Are these holders considered safe? The coins are stored in a cardboard box made for slabbed coins and are kept in a dark and dry cabinet.

I filled the final hole in my Carson City Morgan Dollar set today - 1889!

'Bugs Bunny' is a variety caused by a die clash between the obverse and reverse dies. The impact caused a marking outside of Franklin's mouth which resembles buck teeth - hence the 'Bugs Bunny' designation.

What is the purpose / meaning of a PCGS 'PREMIER' label? I have noted it being used on some bullion coins for the past few years, but I do not know the significance of the label for my 1955 Franklin half dollar. Any ideas?

The first coin in my collection was an 1881 Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar. It was given to me when I was 10 years old (1967) by my grandfather after I completed reading a book about Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral gunfight. My grandpa gave it to me because it was minted in the same year in which the gunfight took place in Tombstone. By some miracle I held on to it and in about 1980 when I began to collect coins it became the flagship of my collection. I have since had it graded by PCGS and they graded it as MS-63. I am very proud of the coin - it's sentimental value for me is far greater than it's monetary value.

Regarding the thread topic, I couldn't agree more, Mr. Bill!

Might be one of a series - the 'Reverse' depicts a sailing vessel, certainly nothing to do with the Titanic.

Thanks, RWB. Do you know if there has been a mapping of VAM varieties to mints?

Is there a direct correlation between Morgan Silver Dollar VAM varieties and mint, or were there circumstances where a particular VAM variety might have occurred at different mints? Thanks All! Cal in Texas

One more post in this thread - thanks for your patience! Below is my second coin of the same grade - I obtained these coins at the same time. This one has some toning - it is from the 'Teich Family Collection' and I understand those coins developed some degree of toning due to the way they were stored for 50 years. A question for RWB, or anyone else - from these rather poor photographs, can you discern anything of note regarding the die or the strike? Thanks!!

Thank you, Roger. This kind of information fascinates me. I will definitely pick up a copy of the book.