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oih82w8
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I just picked up a colorful Morgan for my Everyman Set and was just poking around on VAMWorld to see if I could narrow down the possible VAM number for this date/mint mark combo.
I believe that it is VAM 3 based upon the (possible) doubling of the “1” in the date and a few of the other “diagnostic” markers, primarily the (don't use as a primary diagnostic) “thick polishing lines in curl of Phrygian Cap”, as imaged in Photo C at http://www.vamworld.com/1885-O+VAM-3 . I do not have the coin in hand at this time, just playing around with the historical images from HA.com.
I did not bother with the reverse since the reverse image is not sharp enough.
Thank you for your interest and comments.
I believe that it is VAM 3 based upon the (possible) doubling of the “1” in the date and a few of the other “diagnostic” markers, primarily the (don't use as a primary diagnostic) “thick polishing lines in curl of Phrygian Cap”, as imaged in Photo C at http://www.vamworld.com/1885-O+VAM-3 . I do not have the coin in hand at this time, just playing around with the historical images from HA.com.
I did not bother with the reverse since the reverse image is not sharp enough.
Thank you for your interest and comments.
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Picked this up recently and decided to do the vam check after noticing a spike off the 8. Turns out to be a vam 4b R6. I know it's no big deal because the market for selling vam's is slim. Much like cherry pickers everyone wants to find them not pay for them ( of course there are a few exceptions). I had a R7 once and couldn't get an extra 20 bucks.