1880 (S) Morgan Dollar - VAM-9

Description

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. Notes: 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.

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