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I acquired this raw and the thing that stood out for me was how clean the fields are and the over all appearance. I thought surely a MS65. The first pictures were from my old iPhone and these are from my Nikon. Not sure if the second set is any better after reduction in size. Have always had trouble...

Have not seen this one before. It’s interesting how the design creates weak points in the die that cause breaks to occur in some of the same or nerarly the same locations like the Y in Liberty.

Does that break go all the way across to the forehead from Y?

The breaks on the Peace Dollars are fun to look for. I like the way breaks look on Peace Dollars, more so than Morgans.

Based on the comments what would you think this would grade?

I was looking through ANA grading standards for Morgan’s and I did not see any mention of weak strike consideration. I was wondering if any of the grading companies take into consideration weak strikes when grading? Does it matter if the date mm is typically weak compared to a date that is not typic...

Reminds me of that double struck picture a while back. I suppose strike doubling and double struck are cousins.

83-O VAM 64?

Always good to know the correct terminology. I was thinking bun, but it appears to be apex or crown?

Based on the surrounding features having the same doubling it looks to be strike/machine doubling rather than a re-punched mm.

It’s the 87-O 30A. The clash above Dollar in leaves shows enough to know what it is.

Was wondering about very low grade varieties that the letter transfer is not visible, however many of the clashes that are only present on the particular variety can be seen. Would it still be AOH as the variety?

Why does VAM 63 say "De-Listed" ?

Thanks for your work on this series Tom.

Are there theories or facts as to why the contemporary counterfeits (privately made) that are listed appear to first start with 1893 date?

I don't have a vice set up so I use 20" Channel Lock Pliers to control the amount of force to limit the amount of shatter.

Yes Roger, Thank you for the research you do that many of us are either unable or unwilling to do. Thank you for taking the time to share with us the information that opens up the small windows in time that we can understand more about the process and events that influenced the minting of coins.

Thank you to all of you who have served our country.

Great to see these correspondence, thanks for sharing Roger.

Dennis it is beautiful and sad to know many schools do not teach this anymore. What I find amazing is that they were still using dip or quill pens at this time and still produced such appearance of perfection.

That's quite a list. Congrats.