Attention VAMMERS!!!!!

What VAM is this?

 

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Not sure of the vam but is a nice lookin 78s!!! Pl?

 

Start with a close-up of the engraved feathers between the eagle's right (viewer's left) wing and leg.

 

There are 114 for this date/mm lol. Some of these are very difficult, even with the coin in hand.

 

Short nock, so that eliminates a ton of them.

 

Compare it to a VAM33. Double eyelid, double B.

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1878-S_VAM-33

 

Short nock eliminates 9 die pairs. The r in 'trust' is not broken. This eliminates a lot.

 

It could have been but this scratch will probably bag it.

 

based on your new photos.... I think this is indeed your match

 

Cool pic's thanks for posting them

 

You need a copy of "The Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties: The Vam Keys by Michael S. Fry, Ph. D and Jeff Oxman [ISBN 0-9653645-4-2] This should help you on any others later. Do not know if a newer updated book.

 

I think you may have the obverse die correct but the engraved feathers and mint mark location are not a match for the reverse die. Try VAM-42 instead.