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For you wining and dining pleasure, Morgan 1878 8TF VAM 23 TOP 100.

I see some abrasions on the hair above the ear, the upper cap fold, the eyebrow, and the top of the eagle's legs. Otherwise, minimal contact marks overall and the cheek has normal chatter . Tilt it under a desklamp and see if there's unbroken cartwheel luster in all of those highspots.

The coin would make MS and I recommend buying already graded examples to compare and buy a Coin World Making The Grade Book.

MS63 that is how I would grade it

again, not worth it. if you wanted to see the coin in a slab, yes, go ahead, I'm not telling people how they should use their money, but be advised you will lose money if you send this in.

The coin has an old cleaning then artificially toned or retoned, cleaned coins do not always have cleaning lines and such. Chemicals have been used for years to alter and brighten the surfaces of darker coins or just to make them more shiny. I would leave as is.

I would sink that money into a DRLS with a macro lens, you can take the best images with that. It's what I use. Lighting and focus are usually most people's issues, not so much the equipment.

I have not used any heavy magnification to ID VAMs, basically my nekkid eye and a 5/10 loupe. Now I could not ID the cent RPM I received from CONECA until I got a small cell phone microscope, obviously not perfect, but really helped and I could finally see what it was. Now my biggest complaint is wi...