1880-P VAM-41 Hot 50 - Nice Find

[Mike7E]

Went to my favorite shop and made an unexpected find. Picked up four raw MS64s, one 1886-P that I have to post later, an 1886-P VAM-1E2, an 1884-O clash I’m still working on and an 1887-P with date/star doubling that has a nice die break above the rear letters. Looked at all the slabs but no clashes or doubling so none of those came home. Also picked up seven XF-AU Morgans from a tube @ $31 each based on condition without any close looks. Under the scope one dark one, about AU 55, had me thinking I had a coin with major strike doubling as there is wide doubling above the Moto letters. Turned out to be a Hot 40 VAM-41! Is this as scarce as the SSDS census indicates with only seven listed? Here are a few pictures including one of the eye that shows some lumpy spots.

1880-P V41 1 A240 - 20230426_102836.jpg (174.03 KiB) Viewed 342 times

1880-P V41 first 8 A241 - 20230426_102912.jpg (181.14 KiB) Viewed 342 times

1880-P V41 second 8 A242 - 20230426_102928.jpg (184.11 KiB) Viewed 342 times

1880-P V41 0 A243 - 20230426_102953.jpg (176.05 KiB) Viewed 342 times

1880-P V41 R A248 - 20230426_103207.jpg (177.07 KiB) Viewed 342 times

[Mike7E]

1880-P V41 N in UNUM A244 - 20230426_103053.jpg (180.86 KiB) Viewed 341 times

Quadrupled

1880-P V41 Eye A254 - 20230426_103445.jpg (191.55 KiB) Viewed 341 times

Lumps in front of eye

[keilg1]

Looks like a nice find to me. Always fun to find something like this (er, these) in the wild.