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The 1889-P Morgan Dollars have the second highest mintage of all Morgan Dollars (21,726,811) with 57 obverse dies and 50 Reverse dies used the average number of pieces struck per die pair is, 406,108. (which is very high). As a result of the high usage for each die pair, they were repolished numerou...

The photos have been added to the VAM-42 page.

The VAM-2 page has been updated.

The VAM-63 page has been updated.

Larry,

Great job on collecting, and on your PCGS sets. Bet, it was hard to part with the 1889-P VAM-23A.

I'll update the page.

I'll update the page.

Think you have VAM-40A1.

Think you nailed it. You are welcome.

Whoa!

The die chips in both 8's and the faulty logo punch (9 in date) are a big tip off. Is the coin clashed and have you checked for a double ear?

The VAM-9 and VAM-38 are probably dup listings. Thanks for the additional photos. Think you may have an MDS. Can you take some shots of the UTF's and bow?

Thanks for the close-up photos. The die crack in the 9 in the date is not really a die crack, it is a faulty logo punch (9) and can be found on numerous 1889-P VAMs. VAM-9, VAM-23A, VAM-23B, VAM-38 (open 9), VAM-3, VAM-7, VAM-7A, VAM-7B1, VAM-7B2 and the 1889-O VAM-13B (crumbled stars) to name a few...

Can you take a close-up of the 9 in the date? Look at 9 in the date closely and see if you notice something just a little bit different. Finding an un-clashed Reverse in the 1889-P series is not uncommon. I think it says something about the 1889-P Reverse dies. Here are a few examples of un-clashed ...

The new VAM-86 page has been created and the revision completed on the 1884-O VAM-8.

VAM-8 page has been updated.

VAM-12 page has been updated.

VAM-23 page has been updated.

Congrats on your tnew DC and revision. I'll setup the VAM pages. What is the date on your LVA letter?