1880-O VAM-6A

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1880-O VAM-6A 8/7 Spike, Clashed Obverse st, Reverse M Discovered by Ted Clark, November 1968. Revised 2011. This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM. 6A(revised) III25 · C3a (8/7 Spike, Clashed Obverse st, Reverse M) (176) Obverse III25– Clashed die with partial incuse st of Trust from reverse showing in right hair vee of lower hair edge. Faint tick of n next to neck from In of reverse. Reverse C3a– Faint raised designer’s initial M from obverse above d in God. Die gouge on left side of left wreath of VAM-6 Die 1. ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: [[1880-O VAM-6A,[[1880-O VAM-49, [[1880-O VAM-6D, [[1880-O VAM-6C :Reverse: Comments: # This marriage comes in two distinct stages, with and without the clash. In Elite Clashed Morgan Dollars, Mark Kimpton states "Approximately one out of every three 1880-O VAM 6As I have seen has had clashing." He also points out that the unclashed version of the 1880-O VAM 6A (what is now 1880-O VAM-6 or 6.1) is the '''beginning of a die progression 1880-O VAM-6 no clash, 1880-O 6A clash, 1880-O 49, 1880-O VAM-6C two obverse clashes, and 1880-O VAM-6C with three obverse clashes.

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