1900-O VAM-8B
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1900-O VAM-8B O/O/CC Centered, Shifted Left Rust Spots, Near Date, Clashed Obv n, st Discovered by Mark Kimpton, March 2005. This coin is a Top 100 Morgan VAM. '''8B III25 · C3f (O/O/CC Centered, Shifted Left Rust Spots, Near Date, Clashed Obv n, st) (189)''' '''Obverse III25–''' Strongly clashed die with partial incuse n of In from reverse next to Liberty head neck and partial st of Trust from reverse showing in right hair vee of lower hair edge. ;Emission Sequence :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, VAM-8B and VAM-8C. The VAM-8 shows the O/O/CC mintmark details. The [[1900-O VAM-8A has the same mintmark along with pitting believed to be caused by rusted dies. # The VAM-8B has these details plus die clashed letters n,s,t, on the obverse. The partial incuse n of In from reverse appears next to Liberty head neck and partial st of Trust from reverse shows in right hair vee of lower hair edge. # The 8C has the reverse extensively polished to remove the clash marks. # '''It's a great VAM with a lot of desirable VAM features!''' # This variety can be found in attractive mint state grades, sometimes in O/CC slabs with no VAM attribution.