1888-O VAM-1A3
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=1888-O VAM-1A3 Clashed Obverse, Reverse BER, High O, Die Breaks R= Discovered by Bill Fivaz, May 1976. Revised 2004, 2011, 2013. This coin is a Top 100 and WOW! Morgan VAM. 1A3 III2 1 Ā· C3c (Clashed Obverse, Reverse BER, High O, Die Breaks R) (181) Obverse III2 1ā Die crack at R widens with breaks at R, chips at the L in Liberty and displaced field break along crack on very late die states. Reverse C3cā Medium III O mint mark set high. Clashed die with almost full raised E from LIBERTY on obverse below eagles tail feathers on left side and partial raised B at left of E and tip of R to right of E. DPIS - ;Emission Sequence :Obverse: :Reverse: Comments: # What is now listed as the 1888-O VAM-1A3 is the org. listed 1888-O VAM-1A1 as seen in the org plate coin from 1976. # The New Orleans mint had some issues in 1888 but their errors created some great VAMs. Two of arguably the best Morgan varieties emerged from that branch mint on that year: 1888-O VAM-1B Scarface and the 1888-O VAM-4 Hotlips. The VAM-1B Scarface die break is probably the result of a die clash, just like this coin. # The dies clashed on this VAM-1A and transferred the remains of an "E" from Liberty's headband underneath the Eagle's tail feathers.