1878-P VAM-70
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1878-P VAM-70 Doubled RIB of PLURIBUS Discovered by Leroy Van Allen, December 1965. Revised December 2024 to combine with former VAM 70A This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM, This coin is a Top 30 Variety '''70 I2 12 B1a (Doubled Letters) (180) ''' '''Obverse I2 12''' - Doubled Motto with R, I, and B having large shifts at bottom and UM tripled on right side. All stars on right tripled at bottom. 878 in date doubled. First 8 doubled at top inside of both loops and at bottom outside of lower loop. 7 doubled below upper crossbar and at bottom left and upper right of vertical shaft. Second 8 doubled at top inside and bottom outside of lower loop and tripled at lower left outside of upper loop. Nostril slightly overpolished. '''Reverse B1a''' - Earlier type B reverse; 7 TF parallel arrow feather, with long center arrow shaft. Die overpolished with last three leaves disconnected from olive branch and part of eagle's lower right wing missing. Peripheral die cracks all around circumference at outer edge of lettering with displaced field breaks at much of circumference. '''DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments: # 1878 VAM-70 "Doubled R-I-B" The VAM 70 has a strongly doubled obverse with RIB of PLURIBUS. This coin has a long nock B1a reverse and the reverse leaves of the olive branch are disconnected. Other B1 reverse Morgans have disconnected leaves but it is useful to narrow the possibilities. Of all the B1a reverses, behind VAM-85 and VAM-86 and 80A this is the next rarest. # Not known without reverse peripheral cracks.