1878-P VAM-14.4
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1878-P VAM-14.4 Concave Field Discovered by Jim Selfridge, May 1976. Revised August 2023 This coin is a Hot 50 Morgan VAM '''14.4 I2 2 • A1i (Concave Field) (180) ''' '''Obverse I2 2-''' Doubled bottoms of E PLURIBUS and both sides of U in UNUM. Left side of all left stars slightly doubled. First 8 doubled slightly at top of inside of lower loop. 7 doubled on left side and tripled on right side of vertical shaft. Clashed die with faint partial incuse In of In from reverse showing next to Liberty head neck and partial incuse t of Trust from reverse showing in right hair vee of lower hair edge. Clash is from VAM 2A. '''Reverse A1i''' - Slight doubling of UNITED, TTES, and MERICA on bottom of letters toward rim and of ONE DOLLAR on tops of letters toward coin rim. Right star is doubled on right side. Slight doubling on outside of wreath. Three small feathers added on eagle's right and two on eagle's left side between leg and bottom of wing. Field has more curvature than any other Morgan dollar and is especially concave near rim. '''DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments:''' # The obverse is shared with 1878-P [[1878-P VAM-2, which is a earlier die state. # The VAM 14.4 is an [[8 Tailfeather Morgan Morgan that is the favorite variety of many VAM experts. Its beautiful concave reverse is unique in the series. Tilting and rotating a VAM 14.4 reverse in the light gives the impression you are gazing into a silver bowl. The effect rivals the best cartwheels you have ever seen on an obverse of any Morgan. If the VAMworld crew were to vote on the most distinctive VAM, the 14.4 would be in the top two or three. It's that dazzling. The 14.4 is referred to as the "Deep Dish" variety due to its concave reverse. It has a unique reverse that almost always has DMPL surfaces. It may have been previously mis-attributed as the VAM 13, which has been delisted. # Revised to include clash marks from former VAM 14.4A. All VAM 14.4 are clashed as a result of obverse being from VAM 2A.