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MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR - 1878 "7-OVER-8 TAIL FEATHERS ERROR" - SEE PICTURES FOR DETAILS!

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MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR - 1878  7-OVER-8 TAIL FEATHERS ERROR  - SEE PICTURES FOR DETAILS!
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MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR - 1878 "7-OVER-8 TAIL FEATHERS ERROR" - "7 OVER 8 TAIL FEATHERS" REFERS TO A FAMOUS MINTING ERROR ON THE FIRST-YEAR 1878 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR, WHERE AN INITIAL DESIGN WITH EIGHT EAGLE TAIL FEATHERS WAS CORRECTED BY OVER-STAMPING A NEW SEVEN-FEATHER DESIGN, LEAVING TRACES OF THE ORIGINAL EIGHT FEATHERS VISIBLE, MAKING IT A HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER VARIETY FOR COIN COLLECTORS. INITIAL DESIGN: THE ORIGINAL REVERSE DIE FOR THE 1878 MORGAN DOLLAR FEATURED AN EAGLE WITH 8 TAIL FEATHERS. DESIGN CHANGE: THIS WAS QUICKLY DEEMED ANATOMICALLY INCORRECT, AND A NEW HUB WITH 7 TAIL FEATHERS WAS CREATED. THE ERROR: SOME OF THE 8-FEATHER DIES WERE THEN OVER-PUNCHED WITH THE 7-FEATHER HUB, CREATING THE "7 OVER 8" (7/8TF) VARIETY, SHOWING BOTH SETS OF FEATHERS.

ONLY FOUND ON 1878 MORGAN DOLLARS, PRIMARILY A PHILADELPHIA MINT ISSUE, THOUGH VARIATIONS EXIST. HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, WITH PRICES VARYING GREATLY BASED ON CONDITION (GRADE) AND STRIKE STRENGTH, AS IT'S A KEY FIRST-YEAR MORGAN VARIETY

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