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.