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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2603787, member: 12789&quot;]Indeed, because most of the known examples are indeed circulated.&nbsp; The 1900-O with the micro-O for the mintmark was &quot;privately&quot; minted ca. the 1930s and apparently they were tumbled to give them the circulated look so they would pass for circulation.&nbsp; It is conjectured that they were minted during the early 1930s when silver was about 30c an ounce so that the &quot;minters&quot; made a tidy profit taking about 24c worth of silver and making a coin worth a dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I am looking through coins in pawnshops you can bet your bottom I am looking for VAM-5 1900-O dollars, because they are out there - unnoticed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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