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1878 7/8 VAM?
Morgan13
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I've been scratching my head over this VAM for to long.
Can someone please help me figure this one out?
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I can’t tell anything from those pictures, by the look of it maybe the strong variety?
I'll see if I can take better images.
The holder does say "strong"
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Vam-38
http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1878-P_VAM-38
Vam 38 Very common
Yours is a very nice example.
I blew up the tail feathers.
Thank you guys. I thought it was a VAM38 I just wanted to be sure.
I appreciate you being a big help.
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If you think that's a head scratcher you should see vam 30, 30a, 31, 43 and 45. They are 7/8 tailfeathers, but they are called 7/0. Much harder to indentify.
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Yea there are so many.
I had it pegged for a VAM 38 but I couldn't be sure. I didn't want to miss it being a top 100 or something.
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I used to have almost every 7/8 back when I owned mostly silver dollars. I also had an 1878S long nock. The 88 O Hot lips and the 1878 vam 9. I just recently sold the vam 9, all the others got sold 25 years ago.
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All of the rare 7/8 TF coins are "weak" ones (32, 34, 43, 44, 45), but not all of the weak ones are rare. VAM 33 is probably the most common.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
25 years ago I bet you could buy Morgan's at a very good price. I still think they are relatively inexpensive.
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Thank you!
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