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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 1969799, member: 9474"]As a Morgan collector, I am going right down the list and trying to collect one of everything in the Red Book. Between 1878 and 1880, these dates are littered with all kinds of varieties and many are listed in the Red Book, which makes it even that much more challenging. I alway knew that I had the 1880CC 80/79, 2nd Rev VAM 4 because I bought it labeled as such from NGC. It was still in the original GSA holder and not many of these exist still in the original holder. What is neat about this variety or VAM is that it is a very noticeable variety and only minor magnification is necessary to make the distinction. </p><p><br /></p><p>But when it came to the 1880CC with 3rd reverse, I never gave it a second look to see what VAM it really was. Well, tonight my curiosity got the better of me and low and behold, I can now claim that I have the VAM6 which is the 80/79 but with a low 7. Both of these are in the TOP 100 VAMS book and highly desirable. I am just glad that I found one, even if it were by accident.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]349270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349271[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 1969799, member: 9474"]As a Morgan collector, I am going right down the list and trying to collect one of everything in the Red Book. Between 1878 and 1880, these dates are littered with all kinds of varieties and many are listed in the Red Book, which makes it even that much more challenging. I alway knew that I had the 1880CC 80/79, 2nd Rev VAM 4 because I bought it labeled as such from NGC. It was still in the original GSA holder and not many of these exist still in the original holder. What is neat about this variety or VAM is that it is a very noticeable variety and only minor magnification is necessary to make the distinction. But when it came to the 1880CC with 3rd reverse, I never gave it a second look to see what VAM it really was. Well, tonight my curiosity got the better of me and low and behold, I can now claim that I have the VAM6 which is the 80/79 but with a low 7. Both of these are in the TOP 100 VAMS book and highly desirable. I am just glad that I found one, even if it were by accident. [ATTACH=full]349270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]349271[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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