1888-O VAMs
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1888-O VAM Stats
1. Mintage: 12,150,000
2. Die Pairs: 136 (Source: Annual Reports of the Director of the Mint)
3. Die Study completed: Yes.
4. The King of all Morgan Die Breaks.
5. One Rotated Die:
- 1888-O VAM-9 CCW & CW
Attribution Guides for The 1888-O Morgan Dollar
1. 1888-O Oval O Attribution Guide
2. Sort by Reverse Design
3. Sort by Date Position
4. Clashed Dies with Letter Transfer
5. 1888-O Hand Cut Counterfeit
Oval O Official VAM Listing (Top 100 Morgan Vam's)
1888-O VAM-2 Oval O, Normal Date, Oval O set high and tilted slightly left (Top 100 Morgan VAM) 
1888-O VAM-5 Oval O, Doubled 1 (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-6 Oval O, Last 8 Doubled (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-17 Oval O, Near Date (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-18 Oval O, Doubled Date (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-21 Oval O, Tilted Left |Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-24 Oval O, High, Tilted Left (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-34 Oval O, Normal Date, Oval O set high and tilted slightly left (Formerly VAM-2 Die 2)(Top 100 Morgan VAM)
Round O Official VAM Listing
1888-O VAM-1 Round O
1888-O VAM-1A1 Clashed Obverse, Reverse BER, High O (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1A2 Clashed Obverse, Reverse BER, High O, Displaced Field Break R (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1A3 Clashed Obverse, Reverse BER, High O, Die Breaks R (Top 100 and WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1B0 Die Scratch AME (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1B1 Die Break Dot, EDS (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1B2 Tilted Field, MDS (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1B3 Scarface Die Break Across Face, LDS (Top 100 and WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1B4 Scarface Die Break Across Face & Hair, VLDS (Top 100 and WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1C Clashed Obverse n & st, Reverse Partial M
1888-O VAM-1D Pitted Obverse, Denticle Gouges
1888-O VAM-1E Die Chip Above F
1888-O VAM-1F Clashed Obverse n & st
1888-O VAM-1H Pinned Wing
1888-O VAM-1I Bulge Below Tail Feathers (Same as VAM-7B ????)
1888-O VAM-1J Buffed Reverse
1888-O VAM-1K Crumbled and polished Reverse
1888-O VAM-3 Doubled 18-8
1888-O VAM-4 Hot Lips Doubled Die Obverse (Top 100 and WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-7 O Set High
1888-O VAM-7A O Set High, "Shooting Star" Obverse Die Gouge (Hit List 40 and WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-7B O Set High, Bulge Below Tail Feathers
1888-O VAM-8 O Set Very High
1888-O VAM-9 Doubled Arrows, Doubled Wreath, 18-8 in Denticles (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-10 Slanted Date
1888-O VAM-11 Doubled 1 and Wreath
1888-O VAM-12 Doubled Ear Bottom & Legend, Slanted Date
1888-O VAM-12A Doubled Ear Bottom & Legend, Slanted Date, O/O Right, Die Breaks O
1888-O VAM-13 Doubled 88
1888-O VAM-14 High Near Date
1888-O VAM-15 O/O Low, Doubled Legend (Hot 50 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-16 Doubled Second 8, Far Date, O Set High
1888-O VAM-19 Doubled Stars
1888-O VAM-20 Doubled Eyelid, Ear, Reverse Legend
1888-O VAM-22 O/O Left
1888-O VAM-25 Near Date, Doubled Ear, O Set Very High
1888-O VAM-26 Doubled Arrow Shaft & Wreath Bow
1888-O VAM-27 Doubled Ear
1888-O VAM-28 Doubled Ear, 1 in Denticles
1888-O VAM-29 Spiked 1, O Set High
1888-O VAM-30 Doubled Profile
1888-O VAM-31 Doubled 188, Die Gouge Ear, Crumbled Reverse Letters (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-32 High Date, O Set Left
1888-O VAM-33 Long Obverse die gouge, 8 in Denticles
1888-O VAM-35 Date Digits in Denticles
1888-O VAM-36 Double Ear, Doubled Right Reverse, High O
1888-O VAM-36A Double Ear, Doubled Right Reverse, High O, Bulge below TF (WOW! Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-37 Tripled Ear, O Set Very High, Near Date
1888-O VAM-38 Doubled Ear, Near Date
1888-O VAM-38A Clashed G Obverse.
1888-O VAM-39 Doubled 1, Slanted Date
1888-O VAM-40 Doubled Ear
1888-O VAM-41 Near Slanted Date
1888-O VAM-42 Doubled Ear, Very High O Mint Mark
1888-O VAM-43 O Set Right Tilted Left *New 2018*
List of Past VAM Assignments
1888-O VAM-1A Clashed E Reverse (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1B Scarface Obverse Die Break (Top 100 Morgan VAM)
1888-O VAM-1G Crumbled Reverse Letters (WOW! Morgan VAM) Delisted 8/22/2017(same as VAM-31)
1888-O VAM-1I Bulge Below Tail Feathers (Same as VAM-7B)
1888-O VAM-23 Doubled Reverse, O/O Right (Obverse Rim Cud, Reverse breaks O DOLLAR & Left Wing)(Eliminated, became VAM-12A)
Legend:
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