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Morgan Dollars - different kind of leafs...

norwegianguynorwegianguy Posts: 184 ✭
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When I examine my Morgan Dollars, I see that some of the dollars have leafs that are incomplete, and others have full leafs. This applies specifically to the two leafs nearest to ON in ONE. See pictures.

Is there a name for this?

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Intresting, Im sure someone will chime in on the Vam number, or maybe soft strikes ????????
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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,008 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmm, what is the year and MM? Looks like the ones in the 1st pic have had the detail polished away.
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  • Raybob15239Raybob15239 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    As the mint workers polished the dies, detail would be lost. Sometimes, there would be gouges in the dies, sometimes file lines. These would be "die markers" used in identifying the die marriage that made the coin, commonly referred to as the VAM number. Over-polished leaves appear on a number of different VAMs. If you can post pics of the obverse and reverse, someone here should be able to put you on the right track to identify the VAM. Also, check out www.vamworld.com.
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  • bigmansam88bigmansam88 Posts: 1,209
    They were most likely polished away, as clarkbar04 stated.
  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    Good observation.....Morgan Die pairs are all different, or we wouldnt be able to classify them with their own VAM number.

    Although sometimes very slight, each pair has some sort of variance due to polishing, punching of mintmarks, hubbing, engraving, polishing, gouges, etc as mentioned.

    The 1921 coins are easily distinguished from the earlier Morgans, and you can see that with the naked eye. Some features are significantly different than the older coins.

    Good luck, it sounds like you are a Vammer and may not even know it yet image
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  • norwegianguynorwegianguy Posts: 184 ✭
    Here is one example of each:

    1883O - polished leafs (?)

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    1904O - complete leafs (?)

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  • golfer72golfer72 Posts: 3,588
    Wouldn't it be leaves?
  • norwegianguynorwegianguy Posts: 184 ✭
    Yes, I think so... I'm not a native speaker. I wrote leaves first, but then I became unsure... Felt like I was writing that the Morgans were leaving... image

    "Leafs" is not gramatically correct, but at least it cannot be misunderstood image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,434 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, I think so... I'm not a native speaker. I wrote leaves first, but then I became unsure... Felt like I was writing that the Morgans were leaving... image

    "Leafs" is not gramatically correct, but at least it cannot be misunderstood image >>



    Did you think we'd think that the leaves were leaving?image
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