1880-S VAM-9
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1880-S VAM-9 80/79 Ear Discovered by Ted Clark, March 1969. This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM. '''9 III2 5 ∙ C3e (80/79 Ear) (185)''' '''Obverse III2 5 –''' 80 re-punched over 79. Second 8 has raised metal in upper loop with diagonal polishing lines and faint spike at top left outside. 0 has small raised metal at top right inside. 18-0 in date slightly doubled with 1 at bottom of lower crossbar, first 8 at bottom right of lower loop and 0 at lower left inside and outside. '''Reverse C3e –''' (Very large) VI S mint mark repunched with original showing as a spike to left top serif. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments:''' # This '''exact''' obverse die shared with [[1880-S VAM-8 & [[1880-S VAM-9. # This '''exact''' reverse die shared with VAM-9 and [[1880-S VAM-23. # The [[1880-S VAM-9 & [[1880-S VAM-8 varieties share the same obverse die with metal remnants in the upper loop of the 2nd 8 of the date. Some view this as a diagonal marking of the 7 from an 1879 overdate. The two VAM's differ in that [[1880-S VAM-9 is a large S mint mark while [[1880-S VAM-8 has a medium S.