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Question 1891 Morgan Dollar-S With Not Readable Mint Mark

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 Posted 01/31/2010  8:55 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add layman to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Please help a layman

I have a circulated 1891 Morgan dollar witch is not much worth. I use it as a card guard.
Someone saw it and told me that the mint mark has a minting error.
I always thought that it is not readable because of the bad condition.

Has anyone an idea what it relay is?

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 Posted 01/31/2010  9:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chris12018 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks as though the mint mark sits very high. Did you check VAM World?
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Thanks a lot chris12018!

I did not know VAW World, I really am a layman ;-)
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It's a San Francisco mint mark on a well-worn coin; at least one of the punches for that year (evidenced by VAM-10) used a letter with a rather fat stroke, which given wear would morph into what we see in your pic.
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aah :-)

Thank you very much SuperDave for your explanation!

So it`s not much worth and I can go on using it as a card guard without being afraid?
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he/she was possibly noting the fact that your mint mark is very high, as 1891-s vam13 shows on vamworld.com,
there should be scratches within the bow just above the mint mark. can't see enough of the bow in your picture to tell.....there are other points to confirm the VAM, or at least find known error's for that year, go there to check them out......
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And yes, given the level of wear indicated by the photograph, it's an ideal candidate for your use. Neither the VAM-10 I mention or the VAM-13 aladinslamp mentioned carry sufficient premium in worn grades to warrant hiding the coin.
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Thanks guys, you were a great help!

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