1881 (S) Morgan Dollar - VAM-16

Description

1881-S VAM-16 (NO) Die Chip in Leaves Discovered by Brent Fogelberg, May, 2024. (Old VAM-16 is now 16A) 16 III2 8 - C3a ((NO) Die Chip in Leaves) Obverse III2 8 - First 8 doubled on top surface inside and bottom outside of lower loop and left inside and right outside of top loop. Second 8 has bulge at top left outside of lower loop. Reverse C3a - No large die chip on wreath opposite NI of UNITED as seen on the 16A. Emission sequence: obverse 1881-S VAM-16, 1881-S VAM-16A, 1881-S VAM-2, 1881-S VAM-32; reverse 1881-S VAM-56, 1881-S VAM-16, 1881-S VAM-16A. Notes: The 1881-S VAM-90, 1881-S VAM-2, 1881-S VAM-32,1881-S VAM-16 and the 1881-S VAM-16A were made with the exact same obverse die. This exact reverse die was also used to produce the 1881-S VAM-56.

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