1878-S Morgan Dollar - Rare VAM or Something Else?

BustHalfBrian

$337.00

It's not a Long Nock and it does not appear to be any of the high S doubled RIB's (VAM 22, 77, 111).

What else could it be? Two guys building a set of polished 78-S dollars just had to own this one?

oih82w8

Looks fake to me, something about the reverse just looks wrong...I have been wrong before.

Wolf359

No reason for that price that I can see.

DennisH

<< <i>Two guys building a set of polished 78-S dollars just had to own this one? >>

Makes as much sense as anything I can come up with.

messydesk

Yuck.

Coinstudy

It's 1878s rev 1878PAF(Paralell arrow feather).The PAF minted at SanFrancisco in 1878(rev of 78 and the early part of 1879(2nd rev).Then the rev die was changed to a SAF(slanted arrow feather)or 3rd reverse.

ricko

Good catch Coinstudy..... Cheers, RickO

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

...that's what a coin dealers numbers need to look like to survive the cost of doing business out of the lame state of Minnesota

Erik

AUandAG

I was not aware that polished turds sold for so much.....boy I am out of the loop...

bob

coindeuce

<< <i>I was not aware that polished turds sold for so much.....boy I am out of the loop...

bob >>



I would not be surprised to learn that it is a scarce '79-S Rev. of 1878 VAM. At least two bidders had to have recognized it as such for it to reach the price it realized.

AUandAG

That coin could never be confused for a reverse of 79.

No way possible.

bob

roadrunner

The bidding looks somewhat bogus. 2 bidders ran this up from $36 to $335. Looks like the under bidder just kept rebidding every few seconds until they uncovered the high bid. The under-bidder put in a nuclear bid of $332 at the $36 level and went to sleep for a couple of hours....and still lost the auction. Seller sells a lot of "salted" rolls for strong prices. But it's odd that most of their auctions only get 2-6 bids, while the above one got 84 bids....nearly all from 2 bidders. Good money for a polished XF/AU.