1878-P VAM-23
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1878-P VAM-23 8TF Doubled Eagle's Beak Discovered by Leonard Hinckley, February 1974. This coin is a Top 100 and a WOW! Morgan VAM. '''23 I211 A2/A1b (Doubled Eagle's Beak) (180) ''' '''Obverse I211''' - Doubled motto letters at top with E-P showing very thin tops of letters. All stars left and right are doubled slightly near rim. Date doubled slightly at bottom with 7 doubled on the right side. Nose, lips and chin are slightly doubled. LIBERTY is doubled left and up and also slightly to right. '''DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments: # The 1878 VAM-23 is an [[8 Tailfeather Morgan with the A²/A¹b reverse, which is shared with [[1878-P VAM-19. This VAM has loads of doubling on the obverse. The lips, nose, forehead and chin are tremendously doubled. Additionally, LIBERTY, the E P of E PLURIBUS and a few other locations are also doubled. It appears the dies were misaligned when the working die was hubbed, creating this very desirable variety. These coins often have prooflike or DMPL surfaces and are amazingly beautiful examples of the early Morgan dollars. # Interestingly, the die scratch lines shown on the third coin below are from a PL coin, whereas many DMPL coins do not show the lines, potentially indicating the die was repolished at some point; yet it is unknown if the polish lines were created or removed by any subsequent polishing activity.