1879-S VAM-1E

Description

1879-S VAM-1E Discovery September, 2010 by Brian Raines. Revised 2017, 11/2018 1E (revised) III2 3 - C3ai (Acid Treated Obverse & Reverse Dies) (183) Obverse III2 3 - Over polished lower hair with small slightly smooth tops and rough edges from acid treatment at designer's initial M, two gaps about 7 and lower right hair vee to fill in missing hair from die over polishing. Raised dots on Liberty head from rusted die. (Same die as VAM-94 but earlier die state before re-basining. Weakly struck stars and date so 9 doesn't show slight doubling.) Reverse C3ai - Acid treated leaves in left wreath above left star, U, & NI of UNITED. :Obverse:diagonal line inside Y (bottom)running accross hair,doubled eyelid,lines cap fold ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse:[[1879-S VAM-110, [[1879-S VAM-147, [[1879-S VAM-1E EDS then LDS, [[1879-S VAM-163, [[1879-S VAM-136, [[1879-S VAM-92 (order between 163,136 and 92 need further confirmation) Comments: # LVA wouldn't list over polished reverse saying it was too minor. # Reverse top arrowhead broken and top olive leave misshaped due to over polish. Tail feathers shallow but complete. # Same obverse die as [[1879-S VAM-94 and [[1879-S VAM-143 but earlier die state.

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