1883-O VAMs

1883-O VAM Stats

1. Mintage: 8,725,000
2. Die Pairs: 92 (Source: Annual Reports of the Director of the Mint)
3. Die Study completed: Yes.

Attribution Guides for The 1883-O Morgan Dollar

1. 1883-O Reverses
2. O over O
3. Doubled Ear
4. Dashed 8
5. Clashed Dies with Letter Transfer
6. Over Polished Obverse
7. 1883-O VAM's Not Assigned varieties
8. 1883-O LFCP Attribution Album

Official VAM Listing

1883-O VAM-1 Normal Die
1883-O VAM-1C1 Buffed Reverse (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1883-O VAM-1C2 Buffed Reverse, Clashed Die Reverse M (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1883-O VAM-1C3 Buffed Reverse,Clashed Die Reverse M, Die Break Wing Tip (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1883-O VAM-1D Wing Gouges
1883-O VAM-1F1 Clashed Obverse e & us, Reverse M
1883-O VAM-1F2 Clashed Obverse n, e, & us, Reverse M
1883-O VAM-1F3 Clashed Reverse M
1883-O VAM-1I Dot at Arrow Feathers End
1883-O VAM-1J Rim Cud at 18
1883-O VAM-2 Dash Under 8, Doubled 1 & Cap Top, Denticle Impressions In & S
1883-O VAM-3 O/O Right, Doubled 1
1883-O VAM-3A O/O Right, Doubled 1, Beveled Field ST, Doubled Ear
1883-O VAM-4 Strong O/O (Top 100 Morgan Vam)
1883-O VAM-5 O/O Right and High
1883-O VAM-6 O/O High
1883-O VAM-7 Doubled 18-3
1883-O VAM-7A Doubled 18-3, Clashed Obverse n & us
1883-O VAM-8 Doubled First 8, O Tilted Far Right
1883-O VAM-8A Doubled First 8, O Tilted Far Right, Die Gouges Star and Wing
1883-O VAM-9 High 8, O/O High
1883-O VAM-11 High 8, O Tilted Slightly Right
1883-O VAM-12 O Set Left
1883-O VAM-13 O/O Right and Down
1883-O VAM-14 Doubled 18-3
1883-O VAM-15 Slanted Date
1883-O VAM-16 O/O Line
1883-O VAM-17 Low 3, O Tilted Left
1883-O VAM-18 High 8
1883-O VAM-19 Doubled 18-3, Thin Dash Below 8, O Tilted Left
1883-O VAM-19A Doubled 1, Tilted Field
1883-O VAM-20 Doubled 3, O Tilted Right
1883-O VAM-21 Doubled 18
1883-O VAM-21A Doubled 18, Clashed Obverse n, Reverse M
1883-O VAM-22 Doubled 1
1883-O VAM-22A Doubled 1, Partial E on Reverse, Clashed Obverse D & O (Hot 50)(Super CD: Elite Clashed Morgan Dollars)
1883-O VAM-23 Doubled 18
1883-O VAM-23B Doubled 18, Filled Denticles, Die Scratch Wing
1883-O VAM-24 Doubled Reverse
1883-O VAM-25 Doubled 3, O Set Left
1883-O VAM-26 Doubled 18-3, O Set Left, Overlapping Reeding
1883-O VAM-26A Doubled 18-3, O Set Left, Overlapping Reeding, Clashed Obverse n & us
1883-O VAM-28 Doubled 3
1883-O VAM-29 Doubled 3, O/O
1883-O VAM-30 Doubled 1-3, Dash Under 8, Slightly Doubled Ear, O Tilted Slightly Right
1883-O VAM-31 Doubled 18-3,Scribbles on Face,Jaw and Neck
1883-O VAM-31A Doubled 3, Bars in Hair and O Mint Mark
1883-O VAM-32 Dash Under 8
1883-O VAM-33 Doubled 3, O/O Right
1883-O VAM-33A Doubled 3, O/O Right, Die Gouge in Hair
1883-O VAM-34 Doubled 18-3, O/O Right and Down
1883-O VAM-35 Doubled 18 and Stars
1883-O VAM-36 Doubled 18-3, Dash Under 8
1883-O VAM-36A Doubled 18-3, Partial E on Reverse, Clashed Obverse DO (Hot 50 Morgan Vam)
1883-O VAM-36B Doubled 1-3, Beveled Field Cap Top & Back
1883-O VAM-37 Doubled 8-3
1883-O VAM-38 Doubled 18-3
1883-O VAM-39 Date Digits in Denticles, Die Flake in 8
1883-O VAM-39A Date Digits in Denticles, Die Flake in 8, Doubled Ear
1883-O VAM-40 1 in Denticles
1883-O VAM-41 Doubled 18-3, Doubled Reverse
1883-O VAM-42 Doubled 8–3, O/O Surface
1883-O VAM-43 Doubled Ear, Faint Dash Under 8
1883-O VAM-44 Tripled Ear, Doubled 1
1883-O VAM-44A Tripled Ear, Doubled 1, Clashed Obverse t, Beveled Tail Feathers
1883-O VAM-44B Tripled Ear, Double 1, Beveled Tail Feathers
1883-O VAM-45 Doubled 18 Bottom, Overlapping Reeding
1883-O VAM-46 Doubled 1
1883-O VAM-47 Doubled Ear Right Inside with Dot
1883-O VAM-48 Doubled 3, O/O High
1883-O VAM-49 Tripled O Left Inside
1883-O VAM-49A Tripled O Left Inside, Clashed Reverse M
1883-O VAM-50 Slanted Date, O Tilted Left, Overlapping Reeding
1883-O VAM-51 Low 3, O Tilted Slightly Right, Overlapping Reeding
1883-O VAM-52 Doubled Ear, O Tilted Left, Polished Eagle’s Leg
1883-O VAM-52A Doubled Ear, O Tilted Left, Polished Eagle’s Leg, Concave Dies
1883-O VAM-54 O Set Right, Over Polished Wing, Slightly Doubled 3, Faint Dash Under 8
1883-O VAM-55 Doubled Ear, Die Scratch Neck
1883-O VAM-56 Doubled Ear, Gouged Arrow Shafts
1883-O VAM-57 Doubled Ear & 1, Beveled Tail Feather
1883-O VAM-57A Doubled Ear & 1, Beveled Tail Feather, Die Break 8
1883-O VAM-58 O tilted left, Rusted wing, Overlapping Reeding
1883-O VAM-58A Doubled Ear, O tilted left, Rusted wing, Overlapping Reeding
1883-O VAM-59 Doubled 1-3, Thin Dash Under 8, Low 3
1883-O VAM-62 Doubled 18-3, Dash Under 8, O Tilted Left
1883-O VAM-63 Doubled 18-3, O Set High
1883-O VAM 63A Doubled 18-3, O Set High, Beveled Below Tail Feathers
1883-O Branch Mint Proof

List of Past VAM Assignments

1883-O VAM-1A Die Flake in 8 (Eliminated, same as VAM-39)
1883-O VAM-1B Gouge in 8 (See VAM-33)
1883-O VAM-1C Buffed Reverse, became 1C1 and 1C2
1883-O VAM-1E (Eliminated, same as VAM-21A)
1883-O VAM-1H Beveled Fields at Cap Top, & Back Eliminated 2017, became VAM-36B
1883-O VAM-10 High 8, O/O Low Eliminated 2016, became VAM-31A
1883-O VAM-17A Low 3, O Tilted Left, Tilted Field (Eliminated, same as VAM-19A)
1883-O VAM-23A Doubled 18, Filled Denticles, Clashed Obverse n & Reverse M (Eliminated, actually VAM-21A)
1883-O VAM-27 Doubled 1, O/O Surface (Eliminated, same as VAM-23 and possibly VAM-21, strike doubling on O mint mark.)
1883-O VAM-53 (Eliminated, Became VAM-39A )
1883-O VAM-60 Doubled Ear, Overlapping Reeding (Eliminated, same as VAM-26)
1883-O VAM-60A Doubled Ear, Overlapping Reeding, Clashed t (Eliminated, same as VAM-26A)
1883-O VAM-61(Eliminated, Late Die Stage of VAM-2 )
1883-O VAM-1G Clashed Obverse Die t (Eliminated, same as VAM 44A)

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