Silver Dollar, 1878, 7 over 8 Tail Feathers (weak), PCGS MS 65 CAC

The ‘weak’ variety with only three or four feathers evident. Nevertheless, an extremely well-struck example, with few marks and unusually fresh surfaces for the issue. An area of die clashing appears on the obverse near Liberty’s lips; the reverse die exhibits peripheral failure and an area of weakness in the eagle’s right wing (from die polishing). In 1992 Highfill noted that examples grading finer than MS 64 were scarce; the PCGS population report confirms this observation noting fewer than twenty examples finer.