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p 1880-S Diseased leaves-clash.jpg Doubling on some leaves in each wreath cluster, top right wreath cluster has ‘diseased’ deteriorated leaves. One looks like it took a hit but it is also tripled and irregular at top edge. q 1880-S leaves not engraved.jpg Leaves above ON not engraved r 1880-S wing ...

k 1880-S MM.jpg l 1880-S first T STATES.jpg Doubling STATES OF with TAT showing tripling towards rim at tops of feet, and some doubling at tops (craze marks appear to be in slab) m 1880-S Quadrupiled A in AMERICA.jpg n 1880-S multi C in AMERICA.jpg AMERI in AMERICA quadrupled at top, C at least dou...

f 1880-S st lines.jpg g 1880-S Rt Star 6 tripled.jpg All obverse stars doubled or tripled h 1880-S B in PLURIBUS.jpg Doubling in E PLURIBUS UNUM with URIBUS UNIM showing doubling to quadrupled at top, B shows this at bottom of upper loop also i 1880-S line in mouth_clash under lip.jpg Line in mouth...

Help with 1880-S Doubled date, medium S centered and upright, slightly high Doubled/tripled/quadrupled lettering. Clashed die - no letter transfer. Got this PCGS MS64 from a recent Heritage auction as I thought the S looked funky (some of it due to smudges on the slab) but more interesting is that i...

From what I can see your coin does look like the VAM-13B that UNCLE BINGO suggested. The die chip under the low spot of the bow on left looks similar but other pointed to things are not as clear in pic. Check for other pick ups to confirm. The VAM-13B description of High 0 Set Right is wrong as the ...

Not an expert by any means but using the Date Placement Indexing System (DPIS) from the Morgan VAM Attribution Guide 101 page I get: LH3_B45C Date placement querry 14Nov22 Gred.jpg LEB1 = LH3 (Left half of third denticle) REB1 = B45C (Between 4th and 5th denticles, centered) Normal date placement To...

I agree that location and orientation of the MM would not be an adequate way to ID a VAM. However, when there are so many possible VAMs on a page it can sometimes be a way to narrow the field. I still think that when a MM is at or beyond the crossing line it is High or Low and there is some room for...

As he said. I drew this one too fast.
actually set high and not tilted

Ya gotta draw the lines. I usually need more of the D and O to work this but here is what I got. set low tilted left MM VW querry GRed 6Nov22 - comparitor.jpg Set high & Right not tilted MM VW querry GRed 6Nov22.jpg I like using the red to frame the MM then blue to cross it. Eyeballing it isn't ...

Die scratch through Eagle’s beak Close up shows scratch in field not scratched coin MM position slightly high, tilted slightly to the right

1878-S VAM-69 Add Pictures and Comments to Page Please When I see attributes on a coin that are not listed on its VAM page I tend to want to point them out to others so they don’t waste time chasing a ‘discovery’. I think a VAM’s page should be as comprehensive as we can make it and this won’t add t...

I like it! I have been looking at bursting olives on some but not all 1878 and 1879 VAMs and think it is also a hubbing variation.

I have the same issue with many VAMs. The original discovery coins list some, but not all, points of interest. The CC below from the Page shows doubling and the lighting isn't best. As mentioned before your coin took a few hits too.

Thanks! that is it. I had looked at VAM-28 several times but dismissed it since the doubling in the 7 was not in the description or picture. The 8 doubling is minor but the 7 was as obvious as the 9s doubling on my coin. I have a later die state as the 3rd star right on the page FCP is only slightly...

Doubling of God we in Motto Wreath bow lines Wing gap minor lines

k_1879-S broken & trippled 3rd star rt.jpg Broken, doubled & quadrupled right star #3 REVERSE l_1879-S Engraved Leaves.jpg Engraved leaves above ON m_1879-S growth on olives.jpg Growth on olives, was probably on one of the hubs used to create dies as seen on some but not all other reverses. n_8...

f_1879-S die scratch culr to ear.jpg Die scratch starts at curl, curves through ear, slighter marks on high spots then comes out behind it. g_1879-S Designers initial obv.jpg Slight doubling Designer’s initial with die chips on it and below it. h_1879-S hair doubling.jpg Doubling back of hair i_187...

1879-S Alligator Eye, Doubled Date, Closed 9, Engraved Leaves, S/S left, Set Low, Need Help Reverse of 1879 (Slanted Arrow Feather, Round Breast) I need help with this one. I went through every doubled date and doubled 79 on the page without any luck, then went down the slanted arrow feather list lo...

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

MM location is slightly different for your pics as show below. The VAM-38 page states for Comment 1: This obverse shared with VAM-9, VAM-10, and VAM-38. Since we know the first submission was a VAM-38 only two choices are left for the second coin. Unfortunately VAM-9 has no MM pic. However, VAM-10 h...