1879 (S) Morgan Dollar - VAM-23
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1879-S VAM-23 PAF, Die Rust Dots on Wing Next to Leg Discovered by Jim Baxter, July 1978. This is a Reverse of '78 (PAF) coin and a Top 100 VAM variety. 23 III2 4 · B2a (PAF, Die Rust Dots on Wing Next to Leg) (184) Obverse III2 4 – Open 9 in date doubled on left inside and left outside of both loops. Die markers- Thin long nearly horizontal polishing line left from junction of lower two cotton leaves, double polishing lines in cap fold. Reverse B2a – Latest die state has been further polished down. (AND had some additional acid work done on the leaves above the N & E in ONE.) Emission sequence: reverse 1879-S VAM-25, 1879-S VAM-23. Notes: 1879-S VAM-4, 1879-S VAM-23, 1879-S VAM-25, 1879-S VAM-43, 1879-S VAM-50, 1879-S VAM-51, 1879-S VAM-52, and 1879-S VAM-56 all have an unbroken R in TRUST.
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