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And a couple of the date.

Similar to your stage, without the chip in the first "8" Later die state, with the die chip in the first "8"

Here are a couple of photos if you would like to compare.

The eye: The ear: left wing gap: Scribbles area:

I always enjoy seeing the V32A! Nice find!

Hello again! Thanks for posting this coin and congratulations, you have what I think to be a pretty rare die stage of VAM-49. I just found one of these about 4 months ago. I've found quite of few V49's but yours is only the second clashed one I've seen or at least noticed. On my coin, I don't believ...

I going to try and get a submission out to VSS soon and I will post an update when I hear something back!

Thanks! My first thought was a V28 also, but when grabbed a few V28 and V28A's to check, I realized that wasn't it. I knew I recognized it so started looking at a few others, I found a match in my V85's. Something else I just realized, the VAM-28 and the VAM-83 are the same. VAM-83 should be an easy...

Hello! Take a peek at V85. The coin on the V85 is a little later stage where the die chip has appeared on the first "8" of the date, between the loops on the right side.

That's too bad. I was excited to hear about your find even if it didn't work out. Thanks and sorry!

Thanks! I really hope you found one!

Wow! A 1880-P VAM-13 circulated proof! Nice find!

Hello Brent! Yes, I recognize this one. I sent my coin in to VSS a little while ago because I couldn't find a match for it either. It came back as a VAM-40. As you probably know, the 80-P VAM-40 had a "dubious" listing but I don't believe this is actually a VAM-40 though. I have a coin which I think...

Hi Chris, take a peek at the VAM-25 series. The die chip on the right wing should be a match.

Great read! Thank you for posting this Dennis!

Thanks for posting your find! I'm always excited to find new die marriages. I'm hoping there is a neat die failure out there of this V79 reverse.

Thanks Gary! I probably spent way to much time on this but the task was interesting! If I could only find the missing stage to this progression, I think it has some more interesting things to tell.

Michael, It sure looks like your coin has a V79 reverse to me! That is a really great find! V41's are pretty tough to find and I think your die pair is going to be very hard to find and I'm looking forward to finding one!

Ok, Here are a few photos from the V79 discovery coin reverse:

Here are a few more V41 reverse photos:
Coming up next are the V79 photos from the discovery coin.

OK, I dug out my V41/V41A's and looked at 5 V41's and 7 V41A's and they ALL used the same reverse die. Since we were discussing the V41 obverse die at the stage with no die chips in the first "8" of the date and I have only one example at that stage, that is what I used for the photographs. So here ...