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78-S VAM-1E did come before the 103 die 5, however 103 die 5 is listed along with its sibling 103 die 1 to 4 as sharing the same obverse II 15. Also, 1E was one of the early VAMs listed by Leroy and a few of the early VAMs have been eliminated i.e. V-1A, 1F, and 1H.

It seems that those of us who are serious about 78-S wonder about
those who have VAM-1 and/or VAM-2 in their 1878-S registry set.
I an of the opinion that VAM-1 and VAM-2 should be eliminated from the registry set.
Also consider if 1E should be eliminated from the registry set.

This attribute of the 78-S VAM-82 is not one of the VAMWorld photos for the VAM-82.
Could someone, in their spare time, please load to the VAM-82 info. Thanks.

Here are few wide reeding 21-Ps
Easy to see which ones have wide reeding

Over the years I have attempted to keep track of what 78-S VAMs had a 4th right star not broken, which 4th star was missing the point, and the others with the broken 4th star. My current list has full 4th star as VAMs 5, 6, 10, 16, 18, 22, 65, 77, 100, 109, and 111 – 18 has a chipped point and 22 is...

I looked at 6 V-37 and 3 V-37A.
Really don’t know why I have so many 37’s ??
V-37:
4 have lines into P; 2 do not
4 have lines by U; 2 do not
1 does not have lines by P nor have lines by U
3 have lines by both P and U
V-37A:
All 3 are yes lines by P and no lines by U

Here is what looks to be an Early Die State (EDS) of the 78-S VAM 42B; it does not have the die scratches, but it does have the denticle clashes and gouges.

Also pictured are the gouges at the reverse right star

I don’t know what you mean by “in-hand” specimens?

My guess is this the reverse of a V-5, 7, 46, or 46A.

I had a heck of a time getting the gouge remnant to show.
Not a good photo but I finally get the remnant to show.

Here is my Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine from April 1965.
John Roberts mentions this article a few discussion above.
It contains LVA article titled 1878 7/8 Tailfeather Silver Dollar: How and Why.
The write goes from page 948 to 953. Two of the pages contain 12 pictures, six pictures per page.

looks like VAM-35

PM sent to you

Here is photo of the additional polish line in front of the eye ball aimed at P that 78-SLong Nock
discussed above. The photo is from PCGS AU50 VAM-26.
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Also this 92-CC has lots more die cracks the full coin photos on VAMworld.

The 92-CC has a lot of toning.
I can easily see the reverse die clash by wreath.
I cannot see much of the obverse clashing.

VAM-14A looks like a match
Thanks much

A friend has this 92-CC.
The photo shows a lot of die cracks and a strong reverse clash.
From this photo of reverse die crack can anyone identify VAM?

I and a fellow collector are trying to locate a collector named Norman Fitzwater.
My friend says Norman is/was a GSA dollar collector.
I am asking on this forum since maybe Norman also collected VAMs.

I think this has been asked before -- any info on Calvin Cherry.
I see in LVA's 78S attribution guide Calvin last had a discovery of 78-S V-97 in Nov '05.