1900-O VAM-8A
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1900-O VAM-8A O/O/CC Centered, Shifted Left with Rust Spots, Near Date Discovered by Leroy Van Allen, December 1965, Discovered to be VAM 8A by Denny Thostenon, February 1978. This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM. '''8A'''(revised) '''III25 · C3f (O/O/CC Centered, Shifted Left with Rust Spots, Near Date) (189) ''' '''Reverse C3f –''' Die rust spots evident around mint mark area. ;Emission Sequence; 1900-O VAM-8, 1900-O VAM-8A, 1900-O VAM-8B, 1900-O VAM-8C :Obverse: :Reverse: '''Comments: # The 1900-O/CC VAM-7 is one of several O over CC coins. These VAMs include [[1900-O VAM-7, [[1900-O VAM-7A, [[1900-O VAM-8, [[1900-O VAM-8A, [[1900-O VAM-8B, [[1900-O VAM-8C, [[1900-O VAM-9, [[1900-O VAM-10, [[1900-O VAM-10A, [[1900-O VAM-11, [[1900-O VAM-11A & [[1900-O VAM-12. # The 1900-O VAM-8 comes along with three other variations attributed as the VAM-8A, [[1900-O VAM-8B, and [[1900-O VAM-8C. # The difference between these is that the VAM-8B is a die clashed coin. The VAM-8 shows the O/CC mintmark details. The VAM-8A has the same mintmark along with pitting believed to be caused by rusted dies. The VAM-8B has these details with die clashed letters n,s,t, on the obverse and the designer's M on the reverse. The 8C has extensive polish marks to the reverse in an attempt to remove the clash damage. # The mintmark on the reverse which is the primary attribute to recognize the VAM-8 varieties. You will notice that the mintmarks on the VAM-8 varieties are also shifted slightly left of center.