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VAM Help Needed - 1879-S Doubled Date And S/S

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 Posted 12/22/2019  2:00 pm Show Profile   Check Tanman2001's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add Tanman2001 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Recently picked this one up at a LCS along with a few other Morgans. This is the only one I haven't been able to attribute a VAM to.

It has a RPD extremely similar to Obverse III2 11 (VAM-22 and VAM-49) however the reverse matches neither of those.

My coin has a S/S RPM with an extra curve in the upper loop.

VAM-22 does not have a S/S RPM, so no match.
VAM-49 has a S/S RPM, but it shows to the "right of lower loop", not in the upper loop, so no match.

Any help with this one? Did I miss something? I'll also include some images of polishing lines I see on this coin, if that helps.

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 Posted 12/24/2019  2:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AU90o to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like the mm matched vam-12/12a
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The repunched mintmark looks slightly different on VAM-12/12A and the obverse is definitely not a match.

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.c...79-S_VAM-12A

Edit:

The reverse for VAM-12 was the same for VAM-11. The image of the RPM for 11 is very clear and really shows that it's not a match.

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.c...879-S_VAM-11
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Unfortunately I think some photos shown for VAM-11 and VAM-12 are incorrect.
I don't have VAM-11, but I will check my VAM-12A to see if mm and date matches yours or not.
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Thank you for looking, I really appreciate the help.

If VAMWorld is inaccurate, what reference did you use to attribute your VAM-12A?
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Just looked a bit further. My coin's doubled date and polishing lines are a match to VAM-18a.

However, VAM-18 makes no mention of the S/S. Either it's not visible in other die states or it was overlooked.
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Proof of VAM-18:

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