1878 Morgan Dollar - Reverse of 1879 - VAM-221-2
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1878-P VAM-221-2 Cut Down A, Doubled Left Reverse, Polishing Line Cotton Leaf Discovered by Mark Witkower, Revised 2010, 2016 221-2 (revised) II 1 · C3b (Cut Down A, Doubled Left Reverse, Polishing Line Cotton Leaf) (193) Obverse II 1 – Diagonal polishing line in hair gap behind neck. Vertical polishing line below right cotton leaf and into hair. Raised metal in left 8 lower loop. Reverse C3b – Diagonal polishing lines at top of wing-neck gap. Three raised dots below middle tail feathers w/ 0.030" spacing from impressions of denticles on EDS. Short curved line just above right two dots, possibly from separate impression of die edge. Notes: Extra metal on 4th right star. LDS shows light 2-sided clashing. If you are unacquainted with the C3b reverse doubling, read the full description at C3b Reverse Die description at VAM-220.
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