1881-S Slanted date, Doubled 1-81 die chip first 8, doubled stars, letters. Doubled reverse letters S/S

[Mike7E]

I have been staring at this and another 1881-S (future post) for too many years and need help with it. Take it out, take new pics, still can't find it, put it away. Need to stop doing the same thing over and over.

aM7E 1881-S Date RH3_LH5jpg.jpg (101.81 KiB) Viewed 1175 times

Slanted date second 1 higher, normal lateral position RH3/LH5

bM7E 1881-S First 1.jpg (121.6 KiB) Viewed 1175 times

First 1 doubling on surface top right of vertical shaft. Strike doubling at top? Some pages list surface doubling as doubling, others ignore it.

cM7E 1881-S First 8.jpg (129.7 KiB) Viewed 1175 times

First 8 die chip inside the upper loop at 11 o’clock.

dM7E 1881-S 2nd 8.jpg (131.16 KiB) Viewed 1175 times

Second 8 small die chip between loops at left, doubling on surface bottom right outside of upper loop.

eM7E 1881-S Last 1.jpg (123.96 KiB) Viewed 1175 times

Last 1 doubling on surface left side of vertical shaft. Strike doubling at top?

[Mike7E]

fM7E 1881-S P.jpg (117.39 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

gM7E 1881-S 2nd U in UNUM.jpg (108.12 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

All Motto letters doubled, some appear to be die surface deterioration like the P.

hM7E 1881-S 1st star left.jpg (104.2 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

All stars doubled, 1st star left above.

iM7E 1881-S Cap.jpg (105.76 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Doubled cap above the fold

kM7E 1881-S Blossoms.jpg (114.12 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Polishing lines in cotton blossoms (faint)

[Mike7E]

lM7E 1881-S Wing Gap.jpg (190.32 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Wing gap lines, very light dependent to see

mM7E 1881-S leg.jpg (124.22 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Weak lower body feathers, polishing lines in right leg gap and along leg-body edge

oM7E 1881-S Wreath.jpg (206.17 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Polishing lines in and to right of wreath bow, and above ribbon ends, S/S tilted right

pM7E 1881-S S over S.jpg (127.01 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Doubled S tilted right

qM7E 1881-S Dbl N UNITED.jpg (112.17 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

All letters doubled and ‘cupped’, N and D in UNITED. Cupping (from defective hub?) on side away from rim for all letters. Some obverse letters cupped also.

[Mike7E]

rM7E 1881-S D.jpg (115.16 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

sM7E 1881-S R in AMERICA.jpg (108.42 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

R in AMERICA

tM7E 1881-S left star.jpg (108.1 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

Left star

urM7E 1881-S right wreath.jpg (105.99 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

A few leaves doubled right wreath in two clusters.

[Mike7E]

And the two Full Coin Pictures

vM7E 1881-S Obv.jpg (180.14 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

wM7E 1881-S Rev.jpg (205.47 KiB) Viewed 1174 times

[MarkyB]

I took out my 1881-S with C3k reverse and tried to match things up. No bueno. There is no s/s listed for the tilted S and many links discussing the tilted right S are broke. I attributed mine as a VAM 36 but have my doubts. Even the slanted date, which I think you have, doesn't lead anywhere. GL

[messydesk]

81-S is notorious for machine doubling and smeared dates. Many just can't be attributed. The only things I would try to go on with this coin are the doubling on the right side of the first 1 and the tilted mint mark.