1890-CC VAM-4
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1890-CC VAM-4 Far Date, Tailbar Die gouge Discovered by Melvin Carmichael, August 1951. This coin is a Top 100 and a WOW! Morgan VAM. '''4 III2 3 C3d (Far Date, Tailbar Die gouge) (178)''' '''Obverse III2 3''' - Date set further right than normal. Diagonal die gouge in back of eye. '''Reverse C3d'''- Die Gouge from junction of eagle's tail feathers down to wreath.Centered V CC mint mark tilted to right with vertical spikes of metal at top of both C's just to the left of serif. '''DPIS - ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments: # This coin has a huge die gouge that emerges from the eagle's tailfeathers and runs into the wreath. # This VAM is known for the huge tail bar die gouge - if it did not have same - it would be known for the massive die gouge in Liberty's eye. There is another very significant die gouge in the bottom of the eagle's left wing (viewers right). # The exact same obverse die was used to produce both the [[1890-CC VAM-4 (TailBar) and the [[1890-CC VAM-12. '''Thread: LVA Plate Photos Additional Photos Full Coin Photos Full Coin Copyrighted© VAM-4 Images on loan to VAMworld courtesy '''©'''[[https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1890-cc-1-tail-bar-vam-4-top-100-ms65-pcgs/a/1256-4379.s?ic4ListView-Thumbnail-071515 Heritage Auctions '''ATTRIBUTED BY John Roberts''' '''at''' '''ANACS''' Top