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16 Berry Reverse
17 Berry Reverse (Extra Berry)
7 over 8 Tail Feathers 7/8TF
8TF (Eight Tail Feathers)

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A

Alligator Eye
Altered Surfaces
Annealing
Artificially Toned (AT)
Attribution
Auction BST board SSDC Funds
Authentication

B

Basining
BB (Body Bag)
B_M (Brick and Mortar)
Bean Bottom S
Bearded Eagle Clash
Bearded Lady
Berries
Beveling
Bifurcation
Blanking or Blank
Body Bag
Bourse
Break
Breen
Brilliant Uncirculated
Broadstruck
Broken Branch Mint Set
Buffed Reverse
Business Strike

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C

Cameo
CDLT - Clashed Dies with Letter Transfer
Check Mark
Cherry-picking (aka Picking)
Cherry-picker's Guide
Clash or Clashed Dies
Clashed E
Clashed BERT
Cleaning
Coin Press
Collar
Collar Clash
Comprehensive Encyclopedia
Condition Census
Contributors and Contributions
Corrosion
Concave
Cotton boll
Counter-clash
Counterfeit by Year
Crack
Cud
Cull

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D

DDO (Doubled Die Obverse)
DDR (Doubled Die Reverse)
Denticle Impressions
Denticles
Device
Diagnostic
Die
Die Making Process
Dies, Working
Die Break
Die Crack
Die Chip
Die Clash
Die Erosion
Die Gouge
Die is the Die, The
Die Marker
Die Polishing
Die Poop
Die Scratch
Die Sinking
Die Study Roll Call
Die Trails
Dipping
Discovery Coin
DMPL (Deep Mirror Proof-like)
Donkey Tail
Dots
Double Struck
Doubling, Die Deterioration
Doubling, Ejection - same as Doubling, Strike
Doubling, Longacre
Doubling, Machine - same as Doubling, Strike
Doubling, Machine Damage - same as Doubling Strike
Doubling, Shelf - same as Doubling, Strike
Doubling, Strike
Drive-bys

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E

E Clash
Engraved Feathers
EDS (Early Die State)
Extra Berry Reverse

F

Feed Finger Gouges
Field
Field Displacement
Filed Rim
Filled Die

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G

Genuine
Gouge
Grading

H

Hair Vee
HL40 = Hit List 40
Hoard
Hot 50 Morgan VAMs
Hot Lips
Hub
Hub Doubling

I

ICONS
Incomplete Punch
Infrequent Reeding
Incuse M
INPS Insitute for Numismatic and Philatelic Studies

J

Janvier Reducing Machine

K

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L

Lamination
LDS (Late Die State)
LFCP = Large Full Coin Photos normally denoted by at the end of the VAM description
List Coins
Long nock
LVA Plate Photo

M

Machine Doubling
Mint Error
Mills or Milling
Mint Facilties for Morgan Dollars
MPD (Mis-placed Digit)
Morgan, George T
Morgan Dime Pattern
Morgan Half Dollar Pattern
Morgan, 1878 Dollar Pattern
Morgan 1879 Dollar Pattern
Morgan Mintage
Morgan Various Patterns
Morgan 1885 Edge Lettering Pattern
Morgan 1964 hub
Motto

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N

Numismatic Crime Information Center
Noob (Noob VAMer)

O

Obverse
Occluded Gas
Off Center Strike
Olives
Orange-peel
Overdate
Overlapping Reeding
Overlay

P

PAF (Parallel Arrow Feather)
Pantograph
Partial Collar
Phantom E
Phrygian cap
PIWATP
Pitted (Pitting)
PL (Proof-like)
Planchet
Planchet Flaw
Planchet, Clipped
Plate or Plated a coin that has been printed in a catalog, book or research.
PMD (Post-mint Damage)
Polishing
Polishing Line
Proof
PUP = Pick Up Points
PVC

Q

QDR (Quadrupling)

R

Radial Die Crack
Radial Die Break
Reed or Reeding
Retained Cud
Reverse
Reverse of '78/'79
Reverses, Differentiating a C4, C4/C3, and C3 reverse
Rim
Rim Clip
Rim Cud
Roller Marks
Rotated Dies See http://www.vamworld.com/1888-O+VAM-9
RPD = Repunched Date
RPM = Repunched Mintmark

S

SSDC (Society of Silver Dollar Collectors)
Scar Cheek
Scarface
Scribbling Scratches Varieties
SR - Super rare
SDR - Super Duper Rare
SDDR - Super Duper Duper Rare
Serif
Shifted Eagle
Slab
SAF (Slanted Arrow Feather)
Strike or Striking
Strike Doubling
Struck On Striated Blank
Struck-Thru

Symbols:
Photos of diagnostics shown on page
Photos of full coin shown on page
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This VAM is recognized by PCGS
This VAM is recognized by NGC
As ANACS, SEGS, and Variety Slabbing Service (VSS) recognize all VAMs currently in the official listings, no icon is shown for these services.