1897 O Morgan

Yup, VF 20-25 looks about right to me. It could be higher since the New Orleans mint was so prevalent in weak strikes.

Interesting coin. It has all the diagnostics for VAM-6, except the die cracks on the reverse are wrong.

Morgan dollars are categorized by varieties called VAM's, an acronym honoring Leroy Van Allen and A. George Malis, who began the process of identifying Morgan die varieties. It's a huge and ongoing effort, given the staggering number of dies (over 6,000, not including 1921) used for Morgan mintage. Your coin's variety is characterized by the location of the date - somewhat left of normal - and the high + right-tilted mint mark placement. The die cracks I see in UNITED do not match known information for this variety, though, which is why I find the coin interesting.

http://www.vamworld.com/1897-O+VAM-6

Its also interesting to NOTE, that the plate photo's of VAM 6 and 6A Rev MM are not in the same position.. the 6 is a very high O and the 6a is lower
here is VAM 6


and then VAM 6A


someones got some photo's mixed up there
VAM 6 looks good by the date4 and MM, however VAM 8 and VAM 8A were redesigned as the LDS of VAM 6

i think it is find, I also have one , my friend gives me , and I still keep it






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