1879-S VAM-22
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1879-S VAM-22 Doubled Date Discovered by Jim Baxter, February 1978. 22 III2 11 ∙ C3b (Doubled Date) (183) I-2 R-3 Obverse III2 11 – Entire date is doubled. 1 is doubled at very top and top right of vertical shaft. 8 is doubled at top outside of upper loop and bottom right outside of lower loop. 7 is doubled below crossbar and on right side of vertical shaft. 9 is doubled on left outside of both loops. Reverse C3b – Centered IV S mint mark tilted to left. Comments: 1- This obverse die was used on VAM-22 and VAM-49. 2- There is a Minor cud on this obverse which was used with at least two different reverse dies. 3- Exact same reverse die used for VAMs 18,22,27,38 and 85. image:1879_S_VAM_22_Photo_1.jpg image:1879_S_VAM_22_Photo_2.jpg 2 Sets Full Coin Copyrighted© VAM-22 Images on loan to VAMworld courtesy ©http://www.ha.com/ Heritage Auctions ATTRIBUTED BY Ron Hagler under review this may be the V88-Mhomei-check the lines on the neck by the lower hair Top
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