1878 Morgan Dollar - Reverse of 1879 - VAM-203A

Description

1878-P VAM-203A Short Wheat Leaf, Doubled Peripheral Letters, Clashed Obv n, W, st, Rev M Discovered by Mark Kimpton, June 2003. Revised 2004 This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM. This coin is a Top 30 1878 Variety 203A(revised) III1 2 · C1b (Short Wheat Leaf, Doubled Peripheral Letters, Clashed Obv n, W, st, Rev M) (179) Obverse III1 2– Strongly clashed die with almost full incuse n of In from reverse next to Liberty's neck, partial incuse W of We from reverse in space between hair locks at right of designer’s initial M and partial incuse st of Trust from reverse showing in right hair vee of lower hair edge. Reverse C1b– Clashed die with raised designer’s initial M from obverse showing above d of God. Date position (DPIS): In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. Notes: This coin is a clashed version of the 1878-P VAM-203 The VAM-203 also features overpolishing (loose hairs) where Liberty's hair meets the field both above the forehead and at the bottom of the lower curls, just above the date. There are very light die gouges just above the denticles below the first "8" in the date. It will require further study and conjecture to determine if there may be an MPD, which could have fallen victim to the heavy polishing on this variety.

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