1878 S Morgan Variety

Beatlemen

I have a 1878 S with a small S mintmark. I compared it to another 1878 S and the mintmark was definitely smaller. I was wondering does the 1878 S has a VAM with a small S. I did check the vamlink.com site but did not see any listing for the 1878 S. Are there any VAM experts out there? Thanks

nucklehead

I just looked in my Top 100 Vam Keys and only found a 'Long Arrow Shaft' variety for that date.Maybe you've found a new die variety.I don't own the main Peace and Morgan dollar encyclopedia.but maybe someone here does and can be of more help.

prooflike

According to the VAM link website the 78-S used the "square micro S" MM so it may be that the bigger MM may be the oddity...

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Gilbert

Well, the '78-S is SUPPOSED to have a small square "S" mintmark. You should have snatched up the larger one; that would have been the rarity. I am unable to find any documentation regarding any other mintmark on the '78; if your coin is OTHER THAN a small square "S", then you should have it looked at.

Dog97

I'll second Gill the Vam Man as the Type III square S was the only MM on the 78. You probably have a chipped die or some kind of RPM or MM variety but with over 50 different VAM # for the 78-S without a pict I really can't offer more info.