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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 30391, member: 1749&quot;]I have a roll of uncirculated 1898-O Morgan dollars.&nbsp; Half are from the same die pair, a quarter are from another pair, and the rest vary.</p><p>The two large groups are VAMs.&nbsp; I was trying to figure out three things.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. What is the VAM for Group 1?</p><p>2. Does the clashing in the hairvee of Group 1 look like any VAMs?&nbsp; Everytime I hear of hairvee clashing, it&#039;s a VAM. </p><p>3. What is the VAM for Group 2?</p><p><br /></p><p>The photos I saw of the VAM-7A and the VAM-13A look different than these coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Group 1</b></p><p>Very near or near date</p><p>open 9</p><p>crack through neck to 1 in date</p><p>clashed obverse and reverse</p><p>clashing in hairvee on obverse</p><p>crack over mint mark on reverse</p><p>mint mark may have slight right tilt</p><p>spike under tail feather</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP1_1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP1_2.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP1_4.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP1_6.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP1_7.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Group 2</b></p><p>Near date</p><p>closed 9</p><p>mint mark high and slight tilt to left</p><p>crack over mint mark on reverse (higher than Group 1)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP2_1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP2_2.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmountainaccess.net/~normansalter/1898O_GROUP2_3.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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