1878-S VAM-35
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=1878-S VAM-35 Sextupled Left Stars, Doubled Profile, Engraved Wing Feather= Discovered by David DeRuiter, November 1979. Revised 2002, 2006. 35(revised) II 26 · B2w (Sextupled Left Stars, Doubled Profile, Engraved Wing Feather) (181) Obverse II 26– LIBERTY slightly doubled on left side. Doubled LIBERTY band edge, hair above forehead, forehead, nose, lips and chin. All left stars very slightly tripled to sextupled towards rim with 4-7 most prominent. Right stars faintly doubled towards rim. PLURIBUS UNUM doubled to sextupled at top of letters towards rim. Top of Phrygian cap and right wheat leaf doubled. Reverse B2w- DPIS – In 1878 dates were part of the master die so there is no variation in position. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: 1878-S VAM-35, 1878-S VAM-93, 1878-S VAM-19A, 1878-S VAM-19B, 1878-S VAM-74 & 1878-S VAM-74A. Comments: # Note: VAM 35 and 55 share the same obverse die. # Triangular die chip at back of jaw-neck junction adjacent hair curl. # Feather engraved between eagle's right wing and leg. R in TRUST is broken. # Later die states show die polishing. Fourth right star broken.