1878 8TF VAM Help

[Dwaine]

 

 

From the diagnostic's it appears this might be a VAM 5. But not 100% sure.

[RI AL]

Interesting base on that R. I only have the "top 100" book (I assume there is a book that has more listed...VAMS are not my thing). Vam 5 shows a doubled R I B

but on the reverse, the lowest tail feathers on both sides (really very thin ones) don't seem to match your coin.

 

I have a hard time telling the difference between reengraving and doubling, but I wonder if your 'doubled letters" are just reengraved so I'm not sure what is going on with the "doubled" letters in LIBERTY, the U and that star. I seem to remember someone posting a really good explanation of doubling vs. re-engraving and perhaps someone out there can locate it. No die crack is mentioned in "top 100" for VAM 5 between stars and I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at around the eye area.

 

Vam 11 refers to a triple E in E Pluribus...and in the VAM book, the star before the E appears to be doubled (or recut) like yours (hard to tell from the VAM book photo). You would have picked up on a triple E I'm sure .

 

 

Well, now I was curious so I went to Cherry Picker's guide and they do have a VAM 14-11 with a spike coming out of Liberty's eye as well as a bulge at the top of the eyeball but that doesn't match YOUR Liberty's eye.

 

I did locate some examples online of "re-engraved Morgans" and I sure can't tell the difference in those and your coin.

 

In other words...I don't have a clue...except I don't think you have a VAM 5.

 

 

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[RI AL]

Maulemall..

 

Thanks for the site. It's a "favorite" now so maybe next time someone asks a good question, I can give a better answer!

 

RI AL

[MAULEMALL]

Maulemall..

 

Thanks for the site. It's a "favorite" now so maybe next time someone asks a good question, I can give a better answer!

 

RI AL

I use it all the time.... You can also contribute to the wiki pages and if you use them you should contribute as well...

[Dwaine]

ATS they said it was VAM 17 and after looking at it in more detail I agree with them.

[MAULEMALL]

ATS they said it was VAM 17 and after looking at it in more detail I agree with them.

The 1878 Morgans are to me the most interesting of all Morgans minted. The VAM search for this year alone is almost impossable...

[Dwaine]

Yes, at one point in time I was going to try and get an example of each VAM for just the 1878 8TF varieties but gave up on that.

[MAULEMALL]

Yes, at one point in time I was going to try and get an example of each VAM for just the 1878 8TF varieties but gave up on that.

I tried to do the same exact thing.... This is the one that killed me... I must have looked through Thousands and in the back of my mind it was always,,,You'll never find it..

Only 300 minted and who knows how many survived all the meltdowns..