Primadonna Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Hi, I am completely useless involving the world of coin-collecting, etc. but have done some research and have found out what I could. The problem is that the charts for pricing that most websites give are extremely confusing. I have a Morgan dollar in decent condition with no mint mark- I'm aware that this means it was minted in Philadelphia. It is dated in 1878 and I believe it was one of the earliest made because the eagle on the reverse side is flat-breasted (later in 1878 it was changed to "round-breasted") and has 8 tailfeathers rather than 7. Could anyone give me a rough estimate on how much this coin would be worth? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 I would say roughly $30-$40 but pics would help determine it better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Brett is about dead-on. What reference are you using for the flat/ round you cite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 It is dated in 1878 and I believe it was one of the earliest made because the eagle on the reverse side is flat-breasted (later in 1878 it was changed to "round-breasted") and has 8 tailfeathers rather than 7. You can take notice of these things and you say that you are completely useless to the world of coin collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primadonna Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Someone who was selling a flat-breasted and 8-tailfeathered dollar online mentioned it, but I couldn't be sure whether the pricing on theirs was correct and wanted to find out for myself. Thanks everyone. I read that information on one page that I stumbled into by chance, so I still am pretty clueless about all this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 By flat-breasted, do you mean weakly-struck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovrundr Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 All '78s had a flat or shallow breast. In '79 they rounded the breast a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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