1878 7/8TF $1 Strong MS(PCGS#7078)

The November 2011 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2699

Grade

F12

Price

633

Lot Description

1878 Morgan Silver Dollar. 7/8 Tailfeathers. VAM-44. Top 100 Variety. 7/5 Tailfeathers. Tripled Blossoms. Fine-12 (NGC). Original sandy-gray patina adorns both sides, the major devices with some bolder detail remaining despite having acquired moderate to heavy wear. The excellent reference <em>The Top 100 Morgan Dollars Varieties: The VAM Keys </em>by Michael S. Fey and Jeff Oxman (1997) has this to say about the 1878 VAM-44 variety: ""Considered by most specialists to be the Number One Morgan dollar variety.""