1879-P VAM-5

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1879-P VAM-5 Doubled Date Discovered by George Mallis, June 1965. 5 III2 5 ∙ C3a (Doubled Date) I-2 R-4 Obverse III2 5 - Date doubled at top with all numerals doubled at top outside. Open 9 variety. Reverse C3a - Normal die Comments: Tops of all digits are doubled fairly strongly. Shares a reverse die with VAM-27. 800px Reverse die marker is a long scratch in the eagle's left (viewer's riight) wing image:1879-P-5-leftwing.jpg There are numerous other reverse die scratches. Here are some notable ones in the other wing. image:1879-P-5-rightwing.jpg Full Coin Copyrighted© VAM-5 Images on loan to VAMworld courtesy ©http://www.ha.com/ Heritage Auctions ATTRIBUTED BY John Roberts at ANACS Note: These coins are labeled VAM-50-2, pay no attention to that, they are VAM-5. John Roberts is the Director of Attribution Services at ANACS, a prolific writer of coin articles for Coin World magazine and numismatic books. CONECA Literary Awards and Recognitions Recipent for 2010. He is a longtime collector of Morgan dollar varieties and is considered an expert in attributing Morgan varieties. We're very fortunate to have him contribute in this forum as- http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/VAMpicker-lg.jpg VAMpicker.

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