1880-S VAM-7
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1880-S VAM-7 Doubled Date, S/S Left inside Discovered by Leroy Van Allen, June 1966. Revised 2012. 2021. '''7'''(revised) '''III2 4 · C3d (Doubled Date, S/S Left Inside) (188) '''Obverse III2 4 –''' Strongly doubled date digits with 1 strongly below top and bottom crossbars, left 8 strongly at lower surfaces of both loops, top inside of lower loop and slightly at top outside of upper loop, right 8 slightly at lower left outside of upper loop and 0 strongly at bottom outside and slightly at top outside. Date has 3 small raised dots above denticle spaces below 18 with slight roughness in denticle space below right dot. '''Reverse C3d –''' (Medium) IV S mint mark tilted left with partially filled lower loop and slightly doubled at lower left inside of both loops. ''Die marker - '' Short vertical gouge line in open space at lower left of wreath bow knot. Short horizontal die scratch in eagle's left-wing middle opposite top of eagle's head. Hardly any die polishing lines in obverse and reverse devices. Very faint vertical die polishing lines in obv & rev fields. '''Comments:''' # This '''exact''' obverse shared with [[1880-S VAM-7, [[1880-S VAM-122 & [[1880-S VAM-94. # This reverse shared with [[1880-S VAM-7, [[1880-S VAM-59 and [[1880-S VAM-61 '''*BUT NOT with the [[1880-S VAM-7A'''.. # This reverse is also shared with an 1879 s die [[1879-S VAM-154 # The current [[1880-S VAM-7 listing matches the old 1880-S VAM-36 description in the Van Allen - Mallis book, but there are examples that have this obverse paired with the 'old' 1880-S VAM 7 mintmark as plated in the book.