1881-S VAM-16
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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 Comments: # 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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