1880-O VAM-5

Description

1880-O VAM-5 8/7 Ear (Crossbar Overdate, Oval O) Discovered by Ted Clark, November 1968. (Revised 2011 James Cerny) This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM. 5 (revised) III2 4 - C3b (8/7 Ear) (176) Obverse III2 4- 8 repunched over 7 in date. Metal in top loop of second 8. Different than VAM-4. Faint ear above 8 on left. No metal in 0. Right 8 slightly doubled at lower left outside of upper loop and 0 at left inside bottom outside. Left and right stars doubled towards rim. Very slightly double top of Phrygian cap and UNUM. Reverse C3b- Die scratch below wreath center, within mark opening, below the arrow shaft, and a spike of metal from the eagle's left wing to the eagle's neck. Medium tall II O mint mark. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: Comments: #' This 1880/79 overdate has a strong remnant of the 7 under the 8 that can be seen as metal in the upper loop of the 8. #' Both the [[1880-O VAM-5 and [[1880-O VAM-4 have a large quantity of metal in this upper loop. The easiest way to tell the two VAMs apart is looking at the mint mark on the reverse. The larger oval O is a [[1880-O VAM-5 & micro O mint mark is [[1880-O VAM-4.

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