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By April 24th when Linderman telegraph was received, the 1000 Vam 60s that were minted on April 17 or morning of April 18 were given away (j Gus Bert) or put into circulation. Per mint records Only 1000 Vam 60 were produced before the Reverse Failed. So next up on April 18 was Vam 26 EDS (same OB an...

Let’s get back to your hypothesis : Fact or Fiction that is the title of Your post

On 4/24/78 Linderman telegraph to Dodge requesting that 5 Morgan’s “of this coinage be forward” from the first strike. Dodge has a problem, they were given out to the dignitaries. So Dodge had the Vam 58 die pair polished up and sent him 5 Vam 58’s. Linderman acknowledge receipt of them 10 days late...

So can we speculate that the 78-S B2 minting process started on May 15? So let’s continue to discussion of when the 78-s Vam 58 SP plus business strikes, continuing on with the Vam 56 And finalizing with the Vam 62 were actually minted? To Review: The second series progression was as follows: Vam 58...

Do you have a copy of Dodges’s SF Dollar delivered in May or early May telegraph?
This would be helpful in estimating how many total B-1’s were minted

Series 1: 78-s vam 60, 26 EDS and LDS , Vam 57 Type 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 all share the Same OB (1).
Vam 60, 26 and 57 each have different Reverses (3).

To Clarify Messydesk’ above notes 1878-s Vam 60, 26, and 57 used the same (1) OB But 3 different Revs 1878-s Vam 58 used 1 OB Shares Rev with Vam 56, 1878-s vam 56 used 1 OB shared with vam 62 1878-s vam 62 used 1 Rev not shared with any other B-1 1878-s vam 27 and 27A used one OB and one Rev not us...

We are making progress ferreting out if the above needs to be moved to “may not exist category” or keep in the system, please add any additional info that will help determine the fate of the above

So per you “only 8 Rev and 3 OB where used” for the production of the 78-s B-1’s So please explain the following die progression’s Series 1: Vam 60, Vam 26 EDS, Vam 57 Type 1 & 2 Vam 26 LDS, Vam 57 Type 3, 4, & 5. (Only 1 OB used for all Three and 3 different Rev’s on each of them) Series 2: Vam 58,...

You are correct, the 1878-S Vam 60 was the first strike of the B-1 Rev in the afternoon of April 17th 1878. The first 10 were handed out the the dignitaries in the audience. Henry Dodge ( Head of SF mint ) sent Director Mr Linderman (Head of all Mints) Announcing via Telegraph that the first Morgan’...

The Rev with The 1878 -S Vam 60 was only used once The reverse only lasted for 1000 copies. ( per mint records) The Vam 60 is the first use of the B-1 and the J Gus Bert piece is one of the 10 presentation pieces. The 5 Vam 58’s were minted later in the month of April 1878. I have one of the 5(I bel...

What are we going to do about 78-s vam 54, 61, 67, and 94 in SSDC ?
What does the 78-s clan think about these 4?

Vam 96 disappeared from the 1878 s SSDC set but has now magically now reappeared in SSDC. What happened to it? Any explanation? The above 78-s Vam 1, 54, 61, 67, (maybe 91), 85, and 94 need to be reviewed to see if they May need to be put in the ( Believe not exist category). If so, need to be delet...

One of the Vam 17’s. Probably DS3

Yes, this is a misattributed vam 59

Please help in attributing this 1878-S

Here is all of the info from LVA
Thanks

Bump

Hi John
Please update the 21-s Vam 15 series
Thanks
Peter

& all the other discoveries and Updates
From a year ago…………
21- s vam 15 series…… just bumped 1921 -s Vam 15 series back to the top from a year ago

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