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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 3203925, member: 1765"]The die cracks below the digits give it away, so one of two things happened. </p><ul> <li>The VAM 1A reverse die was used with both a normal obverse and the repunched 6 obverse and the die chip was never cataloged with the VAM 2 obverse.</li> <li>The VAM 1A is cataloged incorrectly. If all coins with the VAM 2 obverse have this break by the wreath, then it makes sense just to mention the chip as part of the VAM 2 listing. If the reverse die chip developed while the die was paired with the VAM 2 obverse, then there should be a VAM 2 and 2A listing, with VAM 2A referring to the die break.</li> </ul><p>There is someone who has made it a hobby to go through high grade photos from Heritage and CoinFacts and try to straighten out the listings for the better date Morgans. I don't think he's done 96-S yet, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 3203925, member: 1765"]The die cracks below the digits give it away, so one of two things happened. [LIST] [*]The VAM 1A reverse die was used with both a normal obverse and the repunched 6 obverse and the die chip was never cataloged with the VAM 2 obverse. [*]The VAM 1A is cataloged incorrectly. If all coins with the VAM 2 obverse have this break by the wreath, then it makes sense just to mention the chip as part of the VAM 2 listing. If the reverse die chip developed while the die was paired with the VAM 2 obverse, then there should be a VAM 2 and 2A listing, with VAM 2A referring to the die break. [/LIST] There is someone who has made it a hobby to go through high grade photos from Heritage and CoinFacts and try to straighten out the listings for the better date Morgans. I don't think he's done 96-S yet, though.[/QUOTE]
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