1900 Morgan - Need Help With Basics

On the contrary, I need to apologize for my poor choice of wording.

The hub type is not relevant because it's listed on the page for every listed VAM, and there are very few mintage years which even have more than one hub in play. For those years which *do* use more than one hub, the outward differences (8 tailfeathers instead of 7, for instance) are large enough to make identification a snap.

The overwhelming majority of Morgans are obverse III2 and Reverse C - that pretty much covers 1880-1904. Obverse IV and Reverse D are 1921-only.




Yes, it is. The book isn't "theirs," though; it was written by Leroy Van Allen and A. George Malis (whose initials make up the acronym " VAM"). They are the ones who devised the designation system which the folks at VAMworld continue to use today. Indeed, Mr. Van Allen is still with us, and is the sole human being who can declare the existence of a new VAM.

Thank you for the clarification SuperDave. I understand now that it is relevant but only to years where more than one type may have been used. The irrelevance was solely due to the year that I am looking at.

It sounds like that book may be a better 'next investment' than another Morgan. I generally obtain knowledge before purchase but in this case it was a spur of the moment deal. I only have three Morgans, I haphazardly wandered into the realm of VAM, and wham bam here I am.

Your input is greatly appreciated.

From what I see it is a near date/slanted date but I cannot place it in any of the current VAM number categories.
I know that I had said it was a normal date but the pictures from the scanner have convinced me otherwise.

I am expecting a microscope in a week or two so maybe then I can check for doubling and other attributes a little bit easier. I'll post the other two also once I am better set up to display finer reference pictures. They are an 1896-P and an 1899-O.

Thanks to everyone for your input.

I found an Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace dollars, 4th Edition, but it has a publish date of 1998, not 1991 for just under $60 (soft bound). Should we still pursue the 1991 publishing?

Scooby, I can't say that I know enough to deny there were reprintings. I suspect you've found the answer to my lack of knowledge. In fact, I don't even know for sure when mine was printed.

Go for it.

I believe there is a 4th edition of the encylopedia, however, I don't believe there were updated as new discoveries were made to the listings, hence a reprinting of old material, still valuable none the less.....As a start that was the first thing I did was go find the book, I've seen it for sale use from $25 to 100, I got mine pretty cheap and found its quite expensive later...