1879-P VAM-74
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1879-P VAM-74 Doubled Date, Pitted Obverse & Reverse Discovery 2011 by Brian Raines Revised, 2012. '''74 (revised) III2 64- C3a (Doubled Date, Pitted Obverse & Reverse ) (178) ''' '''Obverse III2 64 -''' Slightly doubled date with 1 at bottom, 8 at right inside of upper loop, 7 on lower serif of crossbar and left outsideof both 9 loops. Raised dots of pitted die at left cotton boll, top cotton leaves and up to field below s of PLURIBUS. 8 has raised dot on left side of upper loop. '''Reverse C3a -''' Die 1 - Patches of raised dots of pitted die below M in AMERICA, E in ONe, lower right of D and between LL in DOLLAR and at end of olive leaves outward in field to left wreath and eagle's wing. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Die 2''' - No pitting. ''Die marker'' - Multiple isolated polishing lines at top of eagle's left wing. '''LVA Comments:''' # 'WOW'! Really a '''lot''' of pitting on this coin. '''Amazing''' that hadn't been reported before-must be rare. Dies must have been retired ''early'' since hard to polish off with so much pitting in die recesses. Must be a scarce variety to not have been reported already!