CoinWorld - One of the
Morgan dollar varieties I highlighted during an education forum at Florida United Numismatists convention in January was the VAM-9 1883 dollar.
The VAM-9 variety of 1883
Morgan dollar was originally discovered in 1978 by Oscar Simpson, and afterwards listed in the Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan &
Peace dollars by Leroy Van Allen and A. George Mallis.
The variety is similar to, and sometimes mistaken for the VAM-10 1883
Morgan dollar, which is far better known due to its inclusion in The Top 100
Morgan dollar Varieties: The
VAM Keys by Michael Fey and Jeff Oxman. Specialists looking for one variety among unattributed dollars may run into the other, and would consider either a great find.
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