VAMWorld 2.0

I was driving my son to his 4th grade basketball game in West Newton, PA a small, old railroad town in Westmoreland County, about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. As I was driving through the heart of downtown, an old bank building caught my eye. It is now the PNC Bank West Newton Branch, but it was originally the First National Bank Building. Built in 1902, it was in the Romanesque style and over the front (corner) entrance was a 1902 Morgan Dollar. The Obverse was on the front of the building and the reverse on the side. I did not get a chance to take any pictures, but did find some on Google Maps and the Downtown West Newton Website (http://www.dwni.org/) under the About the Area tab (Historic Sites). I will try to get back there to take some better pictures. The images were full obverse and reverse of a 1902 Morgan Dollar. My wife was a little unnerved by how much I geeked out over it.

That is WAY COOL!.....

Cool, and even cooler if it could be VAMed.

I know a good Brown trout fishing area near there on the Youghiogheny River.

Nice high relief Morgans!

What do you bet that a building with a facade like that also has a cornerstone with some 1902 coins in it?

WOW

THANKS for sharing an iconic MORGAN $ BANK symbol !!!

This is real neat.

Very interesting building. Thanks for sharing.

That would have been fun to explore.