1879-S Morgan

[cpm9ball]

Does anyone have close-up photos of one of these coins they would like to post? I'm particularly interested in the area of the arrow feathers and tail feathers on the reverse. I'm trying to determine if the coin I have is common or a variety.

Chris

[SilverDollarMan]

Is that a reverse of 78 or 79....not up on Morgans...yet, but I'm starting.

[James_OldeTowne]

Don't know if either of these will help?

 

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James

[cpm9ball]

Thanks, Jim. I really can't tell from your picture. Does the tailfeather on the left extend all the way into the "vee" formed by the junction of the second tailfeather and the arrow feathers? On mine, it appears that the feather takes up about two-thirds of this space and above it is a "void" or empty space.

Chris

[cpm9ball]

My eyes aren't that good anymore even with a 10x loupe, but it appears to be a 78 Reverse. The top arrow feathers are definitely parallel. I have 30 Morgans that I acquired about 20 years ago, and I am just getting around to examining them now.

It should grade MS63-64. I paid $150.00 for the entire lot. Thanks alot! Now I'm going to give the others a closer examination.

Chris