1881-O Morgan Dollar- VAM 5 Verification Confirmation

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 4:41 pm Here are some close-ups of an 1881-O Morgan. I have included only the PUPs and I'd like to avoid the full obv 7 rev shots since the coin is pretty worn Is this a VAM-5? Report this Post to the Staff

mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 4:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 4:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 4:49 pm For your convenience: http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1881-O_VAM-5 Report this Post to the Staff
mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2953 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 5:54 pm It kinda looks like it to me, albeit worn Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 8:27 pm The mint mark location is off. VAM-5 is more centered. Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 11/13/2021 2:53 pm Quote: 10,000 Congrats on the 10k Dave. Quote: ...mintmark is more centered I know that in other denominations the mintmarks were hand stamped until the early 90s. I am unsure if that fact applies to Morgans through 1921 also. Could it be possible that this 'O' was manually hand stamped to the working die and not the master die unlike post 1990 for cents and post 1991 for nickels? I just thought that this might be the reason for the 'O' not matching the VAM-5 photos... Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/14/2021 07:53 am First, thank you for the congrats. The Morgan dollar mint marks were manually stamped in each working die throughout the series. The date digits were hubbed in 1878 and the first two digits were also hubbed from 1879 through 1883. Starting in 1884 all the date digits were hand stamped in the working dies as well creating variations in date locations. Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5663 Posts	Posted 11/14/2021 08:43 am Quote: I just thought that this might be the reason for the 'O' not matching the VAM-5 photos... The variation in mint mark position caused by hand stamping each working die is one reason there are so many VAMs. So if a mint mark position (or date position) doesn't match a particular VAM, it's a different VAM produced by a different die pair. Report this Post to the Staff
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