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I will doing some more sideline observing during the 1840's decade of The Incredible 100 Days of 19th Century U.S. Coins, so I will present my Morgan Dollar Mint Mark Collection - VAM Style. Starting on 01 May 2013 I will present a Mint Mark a day for five days of my Morgan dollar VAMs, chronologically by year; 01 May 2013 (P)
02 May 2013 (S)
03 May 2013 (CC)
04 May 2013 (O)
05 May 2013 (D)Some of these are attributed on the slab insert while others have been attributed by some of our CCF members. It should be interesting and educational. Who knows, there may be a few others who will be bitten by the VAM Bug!  Edited by oih82w8
04/23/2013 1:49 pm
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That's over a week away. I'm not sure I can wait that long....  |
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Love me some VAM's...   |
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Gonna subscribe to this thread as well. |
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Almost ready...  Edited by oih82w8
04/30/2013 6:55 pm
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You tease! I thought you were starting.
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1878 was a very interesting year for the VAMers, with a plethora of varieties (over 200) to choose from. This Morgan is unattributed on the slab insert, but it has been discussed here on the CCF and has been identified as a VAM-39A, which has the attributes of VAM-39 and then some; "Clashed die with faint partial incuse n of In from reverse showing slightly away from Liberty head neck and faint partial incuse t of Trust from reverse showing in right hair vee of lower hair edge."http://www.vamworld.com/1878-P+VAM-39Ahttp://www.vamworld.com/1878-P+VAM-39 [/URL]  [/URL]  [/URL] Edited by oih82w8
05/01/2013 12:02 am
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I am looking forward to seeing them.  |
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1878 is an excellent choice for a Philadelphia mint Morgan second only to 1895. Great looking Morgan! Looking forward to San Francisco. |
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My San Francisco VAM brings along one of a couple different mint mark sizes (medium and large) for the year 1880 (which has over 100 VAMs for San Francisco alone) and is accompanied by a left over obverse die from the previous year which produced an overdate.   PCGS Coin Facts image - Obverse III2 5 â€" 80 re-punched over 79. Second 8 has raised metal in upper loop with diagonal polishing lines and faint spike at top left outside. 0 has small raised metal at top right inside. 18-0 in date slightly doubled with 1 at bottom of lower crossbar, first 8 at bottom right of lower loop and 0 at lower left inside and outside. - Reverse C3e â€" (Very large) VI S mint mark repunched with original showing as a spike to left top serif. http://www.vamworld.com/1880-S+VAM-9 |
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I have only VAMmed one Morgan in my career but hope to get into it when I get more time. I look forward to your additional examples  . |
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Aw, I can already tell this is going to be eclectic indeed. Nice. |
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Posted 04/23/2013 6:53 pm
