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1878 Eight Tail-Feather Morgans
The first Morgan Silver Dollar was released in 1878 and depicted eight tailfeathers on the reverse eagle design. Only 750,000 were struck because “eagle-eyed” citizens complained that real eagles have an odd, not even, number of tail feathers. Mint officials caved to the pressure and the design was modified to a seven tail-feather configuration. That makes these eight tail-feather 1878-P Morgans a rare breed.
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1878 P Morgan Dollar - VAM 41 - 7 Tail Feather Complete - Top 100 - 1-025
A change in the Morgan dollar reverse design, reducing the tailfeathers from eight to seven occurred. Some of the dies were modified rather than simply recreated with 7 tailfeathers and those 7/8 tailfeather dies show the remains of the older set below the new. The VAM-41 exhibits the strongest set of tailfethers tips sprouting below the standard 7. On the obverse, there is a die gouge from the cotton leaf to the fold in the cap that can be used as a marker to identify this VAM. Note this gouge...
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1878 8 Tail Feathers Morgan
The 1878 8 Tail Feathers Morgan Silver Dollar. We use strict Photograde standards when grading all of our coins. Each coin will ship in a 2x2 holder.
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1878 Morgan Silver Dollar, 8 Tail Feathers MS64
Morgan dollars are the most widely collected U.S. silver coins of the past - offering age, beauty, history and size! The 1878 Morgan dollars with 8 tail feathers (on the eagle) were the first coins ever produced in this world-famous series. The Philadelphia Mint struck only 749,500 of these 8-feather coins before changing the design to 7 tail feathers. Add this treasured original Morgan silver dollar to your coin collection today!
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1878 P Morgan Dollar - VAM 41 - 7 Tail Feather Complete - Top 100 - 2-073
A change in the Morgan dollar reverse design, reducing the tailfeathers from eight to seven occurred. Some of the dies were modified rather than simply recreated with 7 tailfeathers and those 7/8 tailfeather dies show the remains of the older set below the new. The VAM-41 exhibits the strongest set of tailfethers tips sprouting below the standard 7. On the obverse, there is a die gouge from the cotton leaf to the fold in the cap that can be used as a marker to identify this VAM. Note this gouge...
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1878 P Morgan Dollar - VAM 41 - 7 Tail Feather Complete - Top 100 - 4-123
A change in the Morgan dollar reverse design, reducing the tailfeathers from eight to seven occurred. Some of the dies were modified rather than simply recreated with 7 tailfeathers and those 7/8 tailfeather dies show the remains of the older set below the new. The VAM-41 exhibits the strongest set of tailfethers tips sprouting below the standard 7. On the obverse, there is a die gouge from the cotton leaf to the fold in the cap that can be used as a marker to identify this VAM. Note this gouge...
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1878 (7 Tail Feathers) Morgan
The 1878 7 Tail Feathers Morgan Silver Dollar. We use strict Photograde standards when grading all of our coins. Each coin will ship in a 2x2 holder.
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1878 Morgan Silver Dollar, 8 Tail Feathers F
Morgan dollars are the most widely collected U.S. silver coins of the past - offering age, beauty, history and size! The 1878 Morgan dollars with 8 tail feathers (on the eagle) were the first coins ever produced in this world-famous series. The Philadelphia Mint struck only 749,500 of these 8-feather coins before changing the design to 7 tail feathers. Add this treasured original Morgan silver dollar to your coin collection today!
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1878 P Morgan Dollar - VAM 197 - 7 Tail Feather - Rev 1878 - Doubled - 1-011
197(revised) II 7 · B2f (Doubled UR-BUS UNU, Missing Feather) (180, 194) I-2 R-4 Obverse II 7 Slightly doubled UR-BUS UNU at top inside of letters towards coin center. Reverse B2f - Feather completely missing next to eagle's right leg. R in Trust not broken. Different die than VAMs 196, 198, and 199-2.
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1878 P Morgan Dollar - VAM 33 - Strong - 7/8 Tail Feather - Doubled Legs - 3846
1878P Morgan Dollar - VAM 33 - Strong - 7/8 Tail Feather - Doubled Legs. The main feature of this reverse is that it has tremendously doubled legs. This doubled leg reverse die is shared between VAM-33 and the ultra-rare VAM-44 (VAM-32 and VAM-31 also have different doubled leg reverses). Another attribution feature of VAM-33/44 is looking at the underside of the olive branch to the left of the eagle and above the arrow feathers for the rounded mound characteristic of this die.
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