Am I right in thinking this is an O/CC variety?- updated new photo

kevinstang · August 27, 2006 3:45AM

Bought this circulated Morgan 1900-O a while back, am I right and am I seeing an O over CC mintmark? Using the vam book I think it is vam 11, it has the little tail coming off the right side of O mint mark and shadow of what looks like another C to left of O mint mark. I picked it up for less than $20 off ebay (including shipping), it was advertised as AU, but I think it is more like XF. I decided to keep it when I saw the mint mark, how did I do? Here are close ups of mint mark:

DUIGUY · August 27, 2006 3:47AM

IMHO Yep .

mcmxi · August 27, 2006 3:51AM

yep

coindeuce · August 27, 2006 3:54AM

Good pick KS!! I thought it might have been a VAM 8, but you nailed it-VAM 11.

poorguy · August 27, 2006 4:09AM

Picture of an 0/CC mintmark. Yours is an O/CC.

RobJoyce1921dVAMguy · August 27, 2006 5:41AM

Here's a pdf file containing an attribution guide to help ID the different O/CC VAMs:

http://www.rjrc.com/pdfs/rjrc_o_over_cc_guide.pdf

Looks like a VAM-8 to me but with the guide, you can be sure.

Rob

coindeuce · August 27, 2006 5:53AM

YIKES! Rob, I had it right to begin with. It's gotta be VAM 8.

kevinstang · August 27, 2006 9:52AM

I still think it might be a Vam 11, checked out the web page and the Van Allen vam book I have. Took another picture with the coin tilted slightly under microscope to get a different light reflection:

You can also see the die crack at bottom of bow - characteristic of Vam 11 I believe. Also on obverse date is shifted very far to left- inside 2 denticles and has open 9 which makes it the III2'3 obverse not the III2'5 associated with the vam 8 (at least I think). Then again it does have the little filled section of the G in "God" so maybe it is a Vam 8 anyways here are a couple of shots of the whole coin:

kwmorgan · August 28, 2006 2:54AM

Mine looks exactly like yours. It's a circulated coin, with mainly 2 little "horns" sticking out the right side of the "O" mint mark. When I use the loop I see fainter remanents of the right "C", to the right of the "O". Apparently prominence of the O over CC depended on die wear. Reminds me a lot of the 1880-CC overdates.

BigAl · August 28, 2006 3:27PM

good pick off. what i like about the O/CC is that it's a major VAM and easy to pick off in circ and even in TPG non desig holders.

Congrats.

b/t/w....looks like a VAM 11 - it's a tad too high for a VAM 8

BigAl · August 28, 2006 3:46PM

Hey kwmorgan - if it has "horns" it's most likely a Vam8

Am I right in thinking this is an O/CC variety?- updated new photo

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