1881-P VAM-20
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1881-P VAM-20 Doubled 18, Doubled Top Reverse Discovery 2009 20 III2 20 - C3b (Doubled 18, Doubled Top Reverse) (181) Obverse III2 20 - Slightly doubled 18. 1 doubled at top right of vertical shaft, and ledt 8 doubled at top left inside and outside of lower loop. Tiny die chips at top left of upper loop of both 8's. Reverse C3b - Slightly doubled towards rim of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, In God We Trust, outside leaves of upper two leaf clusters in left wreath and upper four leaf clusters in right wreath. Emission Sequence Obverse: 1881-P VAM-2, 1881-P VAM-20 Reverse: Comments: This has the exact same obverse die as the 1881-P VAM-2 but later die state (1881-P VAM-20 has the die chip on LIBERTY's cap and the dash (listed on the 1881-P VAM-2) begins to get seriously mush out (at least on some) and is very hard to detect).
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