1921-S BU Scratch & No 'S' VAM-6A or 6B Morgan Dollar, From Junk Silver. VAM Experts, Which Is I

BustHalfBrian

How do you tell VAM-6A from 6B? Should 6B show no evidence of an S? And if so, how do you explain this coin?

I see other examples with a faint S attributed as 6B in CoinFacts; Are these all misattributions or is there actually no die state that is missing an S completely, and the "No S" title is just a misnomer?

lostincoins

Hey Brian yours is the 6A as the 6B has the mint mark filled in and the D of Dollar will show weakness on the D at the upper right hand side from the die being worked on. If you see them side by side you can see the difference right away. The mintmark area of the 6B also looks like some one may have messed with it but it was done at the mint and sometimes even shows a little bit of a bump but no S.

Edit to add that is a nice hit list 40 find for the junk box and I am not sure if PCGS has any graded in your Morgans condition.

BustHalfBrian

<< <i>Hey Brian yours is the 6A as the 6B has the mint mark filled in and the D of Dollar will show weakness on the D at the upper right hand side from the die being worked on. If you see them side by side you can see the difference right away. The mintmark area of the 6B also looks like some one may have messed with it but it was done at the mint and sometimes even shows a little bit of a bump but no S.

Edit to add that is a nice hit list 40 find for the junk box and I am not sure if PCGS has any graded in your Morgans condition. >>



The eBay coin I linked in my OP does not show weakness at DOLLAR, yet it is certified and attributed as VAM-6B by PCGS.

lostincoins

To me Brian that would be a mislabeled coin. I would send it in for reholdering at their expense of course. You can see the S and no weakness in the D from it being worked on makes it a 6A.
Dam fingers edit to add: Mistakes in labeling happen and many series have the same reference number so it should be no big deal to get it reholdered.

lostincoins

I wish the images of the ebay coin were better as you can not see the scratch going through the U and you should see it on the inside of the U a little bit. This coin could be faked fairly easily also. I have not seen any but they could be out there.