1878-P VAM-14.19
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1878-P VAM-14.19 8 Tailfeather, Doubled LI-ERTY Discovered August 1998 by Del Adler. 14-19 I1 18 · A1d (Doubled LI-ERTY) (193) Obverse I1 18 – LI-ERTY slightly doubled on right side. All left stars and first three right stars slightly doubled towards rim. Slightly doubled date with 1 doubled below upper crossbar, both 8's doubled on lower left outside of upper loop. 7 doubled on right side. Later die state shows a large vertical die crack from rim to right side of second 8 up to hair. DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. Emission Sequence Obverse: Reverse: Comments: The 1878-P VAM-14.19 is one of the ultra rare 8TF coins. The picture below shows the tailfeathers of the A1d reverse: This variety shares the reverse A1d with VAMs 1878-P VAM-6, 1878-P VAM-7, 1878-P VAM-14.5, 1878-P VAM-14.8 and 1878-P VAM-14.19. VAMs 6 and 7 are relatively common, but the other three are major rarities.
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