I posted the 1880-P to VAMWorld 2.0 on Sep 9, 21 As “Overdate, Doubled Neck, Motto, Date” with one comment that it they did not see evidence of an overdate. So, I sent it to Leroy. As expected my magnification is too high so what I saw is not easily seen with a 10X loupe, but the features are there. He did agree that the 8 & 0 are doubled and it is new VAM-86. He also spotted a raised area behind the eye and determined it is “Strike thru on die of curved raised line near hair back of eye.” There was also a comment in the letter, but not in the description, “Strike thru coin indent back of eagle’s neck.” I have attached my picture of this but as an ‘indent’ it would seem to be on this coin only.
There are a few features that I think should also be noted in addition to Leroy’s description. One is the die surface deterioration ‘doubling’ at the I and other letters in PLURIBUS as that is easily seen with a 10X loupe. Another is the doubling at the neck, or is that damage? First group of pics will be for this coin. I’ll add another post to this thread for additional pics of this and the next coin. (Any idea who has VAM-85, I don’t see it on VAMWorld 2.0?)
- Leroy letter Nov 28_2021.jpg (114.39 KiB) Viewed 1198 times
- Leroy pic 1880_1.jpg (151.03 KiB) Viewed 1198 times
- Leroy pic 1880_2.jpg (267.89 KiB) Viewed 1198 times
- Leroy pic 1880_3.jpg (246.72 KiB) Viewed 1198 times
- M7E 1880-P 0.jpg (141.6 KiB) Viewed 1198 times
