Do All Morgan Dollars Have a VAM Number?

Rampage

For example, I know there are some dates/MM with many different varieties. Are all dates/MM assisgned a number even if they are not a so-called "variety"?

Thanks.

Richard.

kranky

I believe every known die pair has a VAM number.

Wolf359

Yes, every Morgan has a "VAM" number, which is an Obverse/Reverse DIE pairing. VAM-1 is considered to be the "normal die" while a VAM-1A (for example) is a different stage of the same die.

VAM numbering restarts with each year and mintmark. So 1880-P has say 40 VAMS, numbered 1-40; while 1880-O has say 32 VAMs; numbered again 1-32.

BillF

Thanks for the info. I always wondered about VAMs and was unsure exactly what it meant.

Rampage

Thanks Wolf and Kranky.

Wolf, your explanation helped allot.

Greatly appreciated.

SDCollector

And from what I understand new discoveries are occassionally made which results in a new VAM number.

greghansen

They've coming out all the time. The hardest part is keeping up with all the new numbers not to mention the RENUMBERING. Cripes!!

Gilbert

Now this is a question I can appreciate, unlike the "Is this a Morgan a VAM?"



<< <i>Yes, every Morgan has a "VAM" number, which is an Obverse/Reverse DIE pairing. VAM-1 is considered to be the "normal die" while a VAM-1A (for example) is a different stage of the same die. >>



... with one exception that I know of. The 1878 varieties are so extensive (numbering over two hundred) that the reverse design types have been assigned blocks of numbers. Why? So new discoveries can be added while maintaining a logical grouping of types with a proper number sequence.