Nevermind - 1880-CC 8/7 Rev 78 Morgan PL

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Nevermind.

ShaunBC5

Congrats! A tough tough hole to fill.
I’m glad the crossover worked out for you. Feels (to me) like a pretty big chance to take and aim glad it paid off for you.

johnny010

A keen eye and the gamble paid off. I bet you were thinking about this one quite a bit waiting in anticipation. Cool story.

Manifest_Destiny

That's awesome!

lilolme

VAM's are not my thing. I consider myself a casual observer. So I could be wrong on this.
Calling @ifthevamzarockin
Any other VAM types out there?

That coin appears to be a 1880/79 CC Rev 78 and not a 1880 8/7 Rev 78.

Looking at it I did not see the 7 under the 8 but thought I could see a 9 inside the 0.
So off to coinfacts to look at examples.

Here is a 8/7 and note the line below/under the 8 and nothing inside the 0.
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42854822
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Here is a 80/79 and note the loop (9) inside the 0 and the 'line' (7) inside the lower part of 8.
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37850658
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Below is the OP coin and I think it looks like the 80/79
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/47826184
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Late addition here is the VAMworld:
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80/79 VAM4 http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1880-CC_VAM-4

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8/7 VAM7 http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1880-CC_VAM-7

ifthevamzarockin

@lilolme Agree it looks like a Vam 4

ProofCollection

Yeah, I think you're right. Not VAM 7 that's for sure. Having studied this extensively I can't see how I didn't catch this. But then NGC and PCGS should have. NGC has misattributed other VAM7's as VAM 4s also I've seen at least once.

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Looks like this is the case with the MS63PL also. None probably exist, These are just mechanical errors.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1880-79-cc-1-reverse-of-1878-vam-4-ms63-prooflike-pcgs-cac-pcgs-41131-/a/1349-3744.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515