1880-O VAM-21
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1880-O VAM-21 8/7 Check Mark, Ear Discovered by Henry Dierkoph, November 1977. Revised (10-2021) Brent Fogelberg. This coin is a Hot 50 Morgan VAM. '''21 III2 16 · C3a (8/7 Checkmark, Ear, Doubled 880, Motto, Alligator Eye) (176 ) ''' '''Obverse III2 16 –''' 8 re-punched over 7 in date. Lower serif of 7 on surface of left side of right 8 upper loop as a checkmark set high. Vertical line on side of lower loop opening at upper right. Faint short ear at top right outside of upper loop. Doubled 880. Slightly doubled left 8 at top and right inside of lower loop, right 8 at lower left outside of upper loop and 0 at lower left inside. E PLURIBUS UNUM doubled strongly at top of letters and 7 left star and 4-6 right stars doubled towards rim. Slightly doubled hair front, LIBERTY band front and upper nose profile. Die scratch on eye front giving appearance of alligator eye. '''Reverse C3a –''' Slightly doubling of A-F-AMERI and top leaf cluster of right wreath towards rim. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments:''' # 1880-O VAM-61 was Eliminated. # There are known samples clashed but no letter transfer. # Appears to have been duplicated with the [[1880-O VAM-42A listing.