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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Animosity, post: 2329237, member: 30060&quot;]I have a couple of Morgans that I recently got, the dates are pretty common, but they seem pretty nice to me. the dates are 1885-O, 1886, and 1887.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I was checking to see if any of them were VAMs, and a few things on the 1885 and 1887 stuck out. I only own a few Morgans and consider myself pretty new to them and I wanted some second opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1885 seems like it might be a VAM-4, with a doubled 18. <a href="http://www.vamworld.com/1885-O+VAM-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vamworld.com/1885-O+VAM-4" rel="nofollow">http://www.vamworld.com/1885-O+VAM-4</a> </p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/ifgeTTs.jpg?1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/waaOeR1.jpg?2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My photo makes the bag marks much more pronounce, but this is the best I could do for the obverse. </p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/6Y3upcMh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/cqzas2Fh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now on to the 1887, I was not able to find an associated VAM with it, but it seems like it has a few nice die cracks(?) through the tip of one wing and through the star between United and One. </p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/fOdUO7R.jpg?1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/YTFetOK.jpg?1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, there is a nice smudge in the field of this one. </p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/yXIh2NR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the greenish spots at the bottom of the reverse are not actually there in hand, was just something going on with my camera. </p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/z66Bhgx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just wanted to share some of my latest pickups and also get your opinions on the VAMs/cracks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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