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…also, to me the plain V131 (proof only) and unrelated V131 die 1 never made sense with others denoted as A, B, C. Yes, 130 is a debacle, and I maintain the middle 130C2 does not exist; discovery is really a C3…

Earliest rev die is 20; EDS are 2-sided PL; LDS is 2-sided clashed; then came the EDS 16; my example is strong semi-PL; there are a couple of shorter gouges above the big one; not sure if die wear or polishing shortened the gouges (the standard one); LDS is 2–sided clashed; then cleaned up and used ...

Fortunately, I have one! Fortunately, no new hole as I’ve got a 2-sided clashed LDS ( no letter transfer). Thanks goes out to Lew for getting the EDS recognized.

So, this is an interesting coin; the 1878 SF mint did not usually turn loose into circulation dollars with noteworthy clash marks. This is the otherwise very common V8 die 1. Note that some die 1 and all die 2 (when rusted became 8A) have a big chip at the E of UNITED. This does not, but I’d bet the...

alefzero wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:17 am

Would be a fun candidate to examine with x-ray diffractometry to see if some details remain subsurface in the lattice deformation. Otherwise, nic that date.

A new tool to Vam-it!

I am leaning to "no" on the obverse neck (hair vee is clear) but added a few photos for the collective here.

Also, nostril didn’t look overpolished in your photos, but should be…

Vam killed too???🤬

I agree with Lew; totally different; I pulled my specimen last time there was a question about this die variety!

Owner should send it to VSS for attribution

Photo OP needed so 80 and 80B pages can be properly updated. Will put on the to-do list…

tbconcrete wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:38 am

Never realized just how tough this one is. Good eye, Lew. Thanks for sharing.

Tough is an understatement …only came across two impaired low grade examples in several years of looking thru 78-s dollars…