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CC Morgan Mint Marks - Some Counsel Please

SarasotaFrankSarasotaFrank Posts: 1,625 ✭✭
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Here are two CC mintmarks of dollars I purchased.

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Is anything wrong with either of these?, or is it me just not knowing how the mintmark evolved over the years?

Any help will be appreciated.
"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather did, as opposed to screaming in terror like his passengers."

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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    What years?
  • SarasotaFrankSarasotaFrank Posts: 1,625 ✭✭
    top one is 90, bottom is 78.

    "I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather did, as opposed to screaming in terror like his passengers."
  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    They look ok to me.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    There are 5 different CC mintmarks, 4 of which were used in 1878.
    The 4 are actually single small C's punched into the die twice with a close spacing, med spacing, wide spacing & a very wide spacing and the 5th is an actual CC punch with large letters used in 79-93.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    the 1880 CC with the 8 over low 7 variety has a tiny dot in each of the CC's like this:

    image

    here is what the 8/7 looks like

    image
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    here is what the 8/7 looks like

    Jason, that looks more like a 80/79 from what the scans show.
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    I checked and it is not 80/79.

    It was holdered in a 8/7 PCGS holder.
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    DUH.....yer right...I missed the peg at the bottom of the 8. I should know better, I just sold one...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>I checked and it is not 80/79.

    It was holdered in a 8/7 PCGS holder. >>


    I don't care what the PCGS label says (I don't trust them to do more than the simplest attributions, seen too many errors.) but I agree with Razor, from the scan shown it does kind of look like it is 80/79. I see what looks like traces of the 9 on the inside of the 0 on the right side.
  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    conder

    the coin in hand shows the clear dash under the second 8 and part of the 7 shows up inside the 8, just like VAM 6 is described.

    There is nothing inside the zero (or anything remotely close) that would make me think it is the 80/79. The 80/79 vam picture that I have clearly shows the 9 inside the zero and this coin does not show anything inside the zero.
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    Frank...just happened to get the VAM book for Christmas...and your mint marks are just fine for the dates...
  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    paigow

    with your verification I fell soooooo much better. image
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree that both mintmarks are okay... what do the coins look like?

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    image
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