1878-CC VAM-6
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1878-CC VAM-6 Doubled Leaves Discovered by Marilyn Tiernan, June 1970. Obverse discovered by Francis Klaes, June 1963. This coin is a Top 100 and a WOW! Morgan VAM. '''6 II4 - B1b (Doubled Obverse) (178) ''' '''Obverse II4 -''' Doubled ear and cotton blossom leaves on the right edges, date, all stars on right and left on bottom edge. '''Reverse B1b –''' Normal die of type B1 with very widely spaced mint marks, IV CC, set high and touching wreath. '''DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: '''6''', [[1878-CC VAM-18 :Reverse: '''6''' '''Comments: # The 1878-CC VAM 6 has strongly doubled cotton leaves. # This obverse is shared by both the VAM 6, [[1878-CC VAM-18,. In addition to the doubled cotton leaves, the ear, stars and date all show some doubling. The leaves are by far the strongest indicator on the obverse. # Note that VAM 13 has a B2a short center arrow reverse, while VAMs 6 and 18 have the long center arrow B1 type reverse.