1878-P VAM-225A

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1878-P VAM-225A Doubled Lower Reverse, Denticle Impressions on Reverse Discovered by Michael Fahey on a coin from C. Logan McKechnie October 2004. This coin is a Kimpton 12 Morgan Vam. This coin is a Top 30 1878 Variety '''225A II 2 C3c (Doubled Lower Reverse, Denticle Impressions on Reverse) (193) ''' '''Obverse II 2''' - Faint short spike below eyelid front. '''Reverse C3c''' - Four raised dots below middle tail feathers from impressions of outside of denticles. Spacing between them matches denticle spacing. Short horizontal spikes to right of 1 and 2 tail feathers. '''DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments: # If you have a coin with a broken star, a chip in the very top of L in LIBERTY and a clash mark under the chin, you may want to read the discussions here .http://www.vamworld.com/message/view/home/52090144 [[http://www.vamworld.com/message/view/home/48891329 # The key pick-up-points are the chip in the upper portion of the letter “L” in LIBERTY and the position of the obverse clash (extending from Liberty's jawbone). (MW) # 225 and 225A are different die pairs. (JB) # Some VAM 225A's don't clearly show the denticle impressions.(JR)

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