1887-S VAM-4
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1887-S VAM-4 Near Date, Doubled Date (1---7) Discovered by Bill Fivaz, September 1974. This coin is a Hot 50 Morgan VAM. 4 III2 3 C3a (Doubled 1--7, Near Date) Obverse III2 3 - Date set further left than normal. The 1 is doubled at top left as two curved lines well away from 1. The 7 has a dot and short vertical line to left of top left serif. Liberty head profile slightly doubled. DPIS –________. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: 1887-S VAM-11, 1887-S VAM-4 :Reverse: 1887-S VAM-1B, 1887-S VAM-4 Comments:''' # The [[1887-S VAM-4 shows the strong remains of an underlying 1 and 7 punched above and to the left of the true digits. # This exact reverse is shared with [[1887-S VAM-4 & [[1887-S VAM-1B. # This exact obverse is shared with [[1887-S VAM-4 & [[1887-S VAM-11.
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