any ideas?
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found this on my 1882-O morgan dollar and not sure what to think
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Die clash VAM?
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could be as i know very little about VAM's
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Strong die clash from the back of Liberty's cap. This is a rather common clash to show up on Morgans, but it's usually not this strong.
Edit: This might be VAM 18A
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much thanks for the info now i know
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well looking at the coin i found this
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From the wreathes on the reverse.
again thanks for the info guys
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Yep...die clash.... strong one too.... Cheers, RickO
Would love to see the entire coin!
Check for these other clashes, as well.
1882-O VAM 18A
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
you really can't see these clashes unless you are close to them
here is the whole coin
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Understand. But by showing the entire coin obverse and reverse(thank you for doing that by the way), we can see date position, mint mark, and other characteristics which help to attribute the Vam more precisely!
Looks like it has the spike under the chin, on the neck, also.
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thanks for the info and i'll have to check under the chin and the neck
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There is enough information to guess the number of existing examples of this die clash. If all of the coins from this die pair were struck from dies not adjusted properly there could be many. According to an old reference from Dean F. Howe there were 50 die pair that struck an average of 243,600 coins per pair. Assuming die wear would cause evidence of clashing to disappear how many of these could exist ?