1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. VAM-3, Top 100 Variety. Capped Die. MS-62 (NGC).An untoned Morgan dollar with strong luster and a bold strike. A key date issue, as noted above in the previous description. VAM-3 is actually a Large/Small CC, the initial mintmark effaced from the die and replaced by a Large CC. The area of roughness around the mintmark is not due to die rust, as erroneously described in many numismatic references, but rather represents spalling of the metal off the die after it had been moved to efface the Small CC.From the Collection of Thaddeus A. Tatum III.
