1891 (O) Morgan Dollar - VAM-15B

Description

1891-O VAM-15B Doubled Profile & Ear, Cud at ITED Discovery 2010, Revised December 2013 This Variety is a WOW! VAM (Fills the cud/strong retained cud slot) 15B (revised) III2 9 - C3a (Doubled Profile & Ear, Cud at ITED ) (181) Reverse C3a– Large rim cud into tops of ITE letters and later over to D in UNITED. Different pattern than VAM-9B cud. Notes: This is usually found as a retained cud, where denticles and tops of the letters ITE are all present, as shown on Leroy's plate photo. Since the reverse die is the anvil die, the broken-out die fragment tended to settle into the chuck. In very late die stages, the broken piece fell farther into the chuck, forming a more dramatic cud as seen in the VG specimen shown below. Due to wear on the coin, however, it can't be determined if the denticles were weakly struck and worn or not struck at all. While both are technically 1891-O VAM-15B, the later die stage with complete cud will likely bring a considerably higher premium than the typical 1891-O VAM-15B. Radial break between NI of UNITED completes the retained cud. This is the dividing line between 1891-O VAM-15A and 1891-O VAM-15B.

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