1884-O O/O Morgan VAM - Overlapped Reeding
nesvt
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Who's good with the overlapped reeding on VAMs? I just noticed one of my 1884-O's has what looks like overlapped reeding near 6 o'clock.
I took some photos. I've never seen overlapped reeding. Is this it?
It's an O/O (possibly shifted and tilted left), far or very far date, slanted date (1 much closer to rim than 4), a chunk is missing out of the lower left of the N in ONE on reverse, die chip in leaves on reverse across from U, reeding looks overlapped at 6 o'clock (under date) for about 8 segments.
Any help with identifying the VAM is appreciated.
I took some photos. I've never seen overlapped reeding. Is this it?
It's an O/O (possibly shifted and tilted left), far or very far date, slanted date (1 much closer to rim than 4), a chunk is missing out of the lower left of the N in ONE on reverse, die chip in leaves on reverse across from U, reeding looks overlapped at 6 o'clock (under date) for about 8 segments.
Any help with identifying the VAM is appreciated.
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You can see the list at Ashmore, click on the VAM update link on the left.
Jeff
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<< <i>There are several varieties listed with overlapping reeding. Which position on the coin is the reeding occurring (i.e 8 o'clock etc. . .)?
You can see the list at Ashmore, click on the VAM update link on the left.
Jeff >>
I didn't even know about the overlapped reeding until I saw the VAM updates. I have twenty 1884-O's and 15 are O/O... three or four different varieties. I was checking the updates for new O/O varieties when I saw the "reeding". Only this one coin has the overlapped reeding. I couldn't easily match it up to anything on that list. I only see the overlap in one spot... near 5 or 6 o'clock. Starts just before the second 8 in the date and ends just after the 4. The closest I got was the VAM-8 or 24, but the O/O isn't centered and I only see overlapping at 5 or 6 o'clock. Also, I checked fast, but it looked like VAM-22 was the only one with a slanted date?
Jeff
Semper ubi sub ubi
The closed reeding collar was introduced in 1828, so the hand-reeding on a straight toothed die to press reeding
into the edge of a planchet was gone by then. I thought possibly the over-reeding was due to the older process,
and had to look it up. Nope. Maybe the mint worker on the shift busted the collar and used the old process and
missed hitting it just right?