1879-S VAM-67
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1879-S VAM-67 Doubled 18-9 & Tripled/Quadrupled Stars Discovered by John Roberts January 2009 on a coin from C. Logan McKechnie This is a Reverse of '78 (PAF) coin and a Top 100* VAM variety. '''67 III2 36 ∙ B2i (PAF Reverse, Doubled 18-9, Tripled Stars) (184) ''' '''Obverse III2 36''' '''–''' Slightly doubled bottom of 18 and left outside of 9 upper loop. Most left and right stars tripled to quadrupled with tops of PLURIBUS slightly doubled and tripled towards rim. ''Die markers'' - Short horizontal die scratch spike in field at jaw-neck junction, broken scratch at hair vee above 7, long vertical polishing line at left end of cap ribbon and diagonal polishing line at top left of Y in LIBERTY. . '''Reverse B2i –''' R in trust not broken. Feather engraved between eagle’s right wing and leg. ''Die'' ''marker''- Diagonal polishing line in middle of eagle’s left wing. Die state between VAMs [[1879-S VAM-52 & [[1879-S VAM-43. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse:[[1879-S VAM-52, [[1879-S VAM-67, [[1879-S VAM-43, [[1879-S VAM-50 & [[1879-S VAM-51 '''Comments;''' # Same obverse as VAM-44 (9-2021 update) # Unknown uncirculated # extremely rare variety, # Only 5 known as of Dec/2021 (most low grade) '''Threads'''http://www.vamworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f4&t6285&p52600&hilit1879+S+VAM+67#p52600 LVA Plate Photos Additional Photos Courtesy of Vampicker The Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties: The VAM Keys Copyright 2009 RCI. With permission from the authors Michael S. Fey, Ph.D., [[http://www.rcicoins.com/ http://www.rcicoins.com, and Jeff Oxman, [[http://www.vamlink.com/ http://www.vamlink.com Headline text Full Coin Photos Top