1881 (S) Morgan Dollar - VAM-16A

Description

Discovered by Bill Fivaz, September 1974. 16 III2 8 - C3a (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 - Large die chip on wreath opposite NI of UNITED on some specimens. 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. There is an EDS version of this die pair with NO chip on the leaf (1881-S VAM-16).

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