1882-S Morgan Dollar VAM14 or VAM-18

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Some times these VAM's get me. many are discovered on shared working dies so the effort to nail down a specific VAM number can make it a head scratching event.

The Die gouges exist for the left leg on my example, as shown on VAMworld

So, I think it is...

https://vamworld.com/wiki/1882-S_VAM-14

The VAM world COMMENTS on VAM-14 say:

Comments:

1. This obverse shared with 1882-S VAM-14 and 1882-S VAM-18.
2. Further research is needed - the die with the horizontal lines thru IGWT is not the same as the one with gouges at the leg. The marriage with the leg gouges is most likely correctly identified as 1882-S VAM-14 in spite of the LVA plates.- vampicker
3. Later die stages have a PL obverse with aggressive polishing in the denticles, leaving almost a convex field and weak denticles.
4. Reverse shared with VAM 44.

1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-1xxx.jpg 1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-x8xx.jpg
1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-xx8x.jpg 1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-xxx2.jpg

1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-18xx.jpg 1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-xx82.jpg

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An additional photo of the die gouges on the reverse by the left claw:

1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-L-Claw.jpg

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Obverse Scratches by LIBERTY and RIB:

1882-S-Morgan-Dollar-VAM-scratches-RIB.jpg

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Its a earlier die state than what the photos show on Vamworld.
They refer to a highly polished almost concave obverse where some of the denticles are aggressively abraded away.