Day-681-Freewrite Sunday Eagle Feather
Below is my five minute #freewrite on Sunday's prompt: eagle feather
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I was looking at my 1883 Carson City Silver dollar and I noticed some minting errors on the reverse of the coin. If you look in the area of the left eagle's feathers, you can see a die scratch in the wing. There's is a horizontal die gouge in front of the eagle's beak, plus the "CC" mint mark is doubled. When you look up the variations this is categorized as a rare VAM-5A die variation. The 1883 CC Morgan silver dollar is one of the easier Carson City silver dollars to obtain, but this die variation makes it worth a little more. Most sellers don't look for errors on their coins when they sell them, so anytime you get lucky enough to pick one up it's always a plus. Always check your pocket change, you never know when you have that rare error right in your pocket.
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I always check the notes when they come out of the machine
I hope you have a coin worth a lot of monies. 💰
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I love this post! I guess it is because I am obsessed with Carson City. We are planning to move there. I have heard of the Carson City coin, but I have never seen one. Thanks so much for sharing this.
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Howdy sir wonderwop! I never would have noticed the gouges but just the mint mark. Are you a big collector or just a collector?
Why does the error make it worth more?
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