Corina Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Just picked this error 1899o morgan up today look at the letters ED and S the die crack runs right though the wing I bought this coin cause it looked odd sure enough a die crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 ;) ;) :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Someone on another site said that it could be a VAM 18 but never the less a interesting die crack morgan to add to my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dprice Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Nice Die crack. You seem to find alot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Check here to see if you can make a positive ID. Check the 18, 18A, and 20 as possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherry Picker Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Nice.! Wonder what its worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Well found another die crack In the letters AM all i know this coin has two die cracks running though letters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 The VAM 20 looks like a late die state match for it. Look at the bottom picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Ok, So the bottom pic seems to match my second pic of the coin i'll put it simple "is this morgan a VAM? and if so what excat type of VAM" I have maybes, but those aren't going to help me much in trying to figure out the coin and the value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Ok, So the bottom pic seems to match my second pic of the coin i'll put it simple "is this morgan a VAM? and if so what excat type of VAM" I have maybes, but those aren't going to help me much in trying to figure out the coin and the value Best answer I can is a maybe. But yes it should be a vam 20. The VAM 18A was assumed to be a different coin. But it appears it may a later die state of this coin (The crack got bigger later on.) a VAM 20. (This has not yet been confirmed by Leroy Van Allen. ) The bottom two pictures on the vam 20 page are ones I took of one of my coins. They may end up deleting the vam 18 as a valid vam and calling them all vam 20's. For this to happen Leroy Van Allen would have to review my coin and do the revision. BTW VAM comes from the last names of the authors on a book categorizing morgan dollar varieties. Leroy Van Allen and A. George Mallis. As to value since this is not a top 100 or a hot 50 vam. Its pretty much the same price as a normal 1899-O. ( I really wish it was worth more I have two. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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