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1878 Silver Dollar

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I have an 1878 silver dollar where the D in dollar is missing the bottom portion. Completely gone, makes it look like a weird n. Can anyone tell me what this means?
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A picture would be great.

If there is no other wear, just guessing that its from a Grease Filled Die.
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There are a few vams that partially fit your description of the broken D Dollar on the reverse, one does need [pics to tell anything..
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it may be a VAM-84, does it look like this one?
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If it has this feature it is definitely a VAM-84 or VAM-84A
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Simply amazing, I bought one just like this at a coin show today what a coincidence! The guy I got this from said it is an unlisted variety in the VAM book.

Mine does not have the dash below the first 8 of the date and the faint line as pointed out on the one posted by Bryan1315 is barely visible on the inside edge of the D whereas Bryan1315's looks like it is a bit thicker/heavier. The coin I have is an MS-63 piece with original surfaces.

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Here are the original sized photos,
http://home.earthlink.net/~canary.g...f-obv-lg.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~canary.g...f-rev-lg.jpg

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Ed, there are a few "Broken D" 1878's - have a look here:

http://www.vamworld.com/1878-P+VAMs

About 2/3 down the page is the group of "Broken D" VAMs. I'm thinking yours is VAM-195, from the die cracks.
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195 looks correct for ED's coin..Good eye SD..
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