1877-S 50c Seated Liberty -- Diagnosis Of Possible RPM

I had to place the lens at an approx. 45 degree angle for these views creating a blurry but hopefully helpful aspect for this case:

Do you have any clearer images of the obverse and reverse full coin? Can you get a close up of the reverse shield and obverse shield? Can you see any die cracks?
From what I can see it kind of looks like a WB-104, WB-38 die marriage. The WB-38 is a transitional reverse die with the rare 1878 S Half Dollar.

I changed my LED light source from 2700K to 5000K for my last two posts of the full obv/rev sides and separate shields.

I feel confident that the reverse shield has none of the die cracks referenced in the above photos. The obverse, on the other hand, is more difficult to opine on and is shown below for comments:




Also, I still would like some feedback insofar as the status of this 'S' mm: RPM, MD etc.

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