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bgh177 New Member United States 46 Posts	Posted 12/28/2025 6:54 pm Thanks for any help and opinions. Mike Report this Post to the Staff

Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10484 Posts	Posted 12/28/2025 10:05 pm Yes, looks like a small chip inside of the first C. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 6997 Posts	Posted 12/28/2025 10:06 pm Are you aware of the site called Vamworld? If that's a die chip, I would have to believe it's listed there. Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5661 Posts	Posted 12/29/2025 12:41 am There are 1878-CC die pairs with a die chip in the mintmark. Yours might be a VAM-20 for example, but full coin photos of the obverse and reverse would be needed to confirm. https://vamworld.com/wiki/1878-CC_VAM-20 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/29/2025 09:47 am Good eye. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
bgh177 New Member United States 46 Posts	Posted 12/30/2025 10:19 am Thank you the responses and thank you Zurie for suggesting it might be a VAM-20. I recently purchased the latest edition of the VAM book but to be honest I wasn't sure it the die chip met the criteria of a VAM. https://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1878-CC_VAM-20 My scope is currently in storage so camera photos is all I have to work with right now so apologies for the grainy pics. The close ups are best I can do at this time. This coin is a GSA Hoard Morgan. Report this Post to the Staff
bgh177 New Member United States 46 Posts	Posted 12/30/2025 10:29 am Possible "T A" dentical? Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5661 Posts	Posted 12/30/2025 5:40 pm The photos are pretty grainy, but the markers look correct for VAM-20. Date position is right, the die gouges in the eye and on the leaf are present, and the denticle impression between T and A is there. Nice GSA coin! Report this Post to the Staff
bgh177 New Member United States 46 Posts	Posted 12/30/2025 6:16 pm Right on Zurie, Thanks for your efforts and time. I know, I need to find a camera that can take crystal clear photos, camera phone is not cutting it. If anyone has any recommendations I'm all ears..lol. Report this Post to the Staff
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