Hot 50 Morgan VAMs

Hot 50 Morgan VAMs

Jeff Oxman published the Hot 50 Morgan dollar book back in 2000. These are varieties that were identified in addition to the Top 100 Morgan dollars that collectors were interested in. This is quite an advanced list, as many of these varities are extrememly scarce, and a few have sold for staggering premiums in the marketplace. Out of print for years, the Hot 50 book has recently been re-published in 2008. All of these VAMs are recognized by the major grading services, although a few are lumped together under one item - aka 1921 "Pitted Reverse" at PCGS. Below are the VAMs that are recognized
as Hot 50 coins.

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Slot	Year	VAM	Description
1	1878-P	VAM-8	8TF Stick Feather
2	1878-P	VAM-14.4	8TF Concave Reverse
		VAM-14.4A	8TF Concave Reverse, Clashed Obverse In & t
3	1878-P	VAM-14.5	8TF Spiked "A"
4	1878-P	VAM-14.16	8TF DDO Profile
5	1878-P	VAM-20	8TF Doubled Date
6	1878-P	VAM-22	8TF Polished Lib
		VAM-22A
		VAM-22B
7	1878-P	VAM-34	7/4TF, Strong
		VAM-34A	4TF, Clashed Obverse t
8	1878-P	VAM-43	7/0TF Doubled Legs
9	1878-P	VAM-79	Disconnected Leaf
10	1878-P	VAM-145	Broken "N&M" with broken 'o' reverse
	1878-P	VAM-162	Broken "N&M" with broken 'r' reverse
11	1878-P	VAM-169	Quadrupled Stars
12	1878-P	VAM-170	Doubled Date
		VAM-170A	Double Date, Die Chips Phrygian Cap
13	1878-P	VAM-187	Impossible Doubled "R"
14	1878-S	VAM-6	DDO "RIB", Available in High Grade
	1878-S	VAM-22	DDO "RIB", MM Shifted Left, Scarce
	1878-S	VAM-77	DDO "RIB", MM Very High, Extremely Rare
		VAM-111	DDO "RIB", MM High, ULTRA RARE
15	1880-P	VAM-11	8/7 Check Mark, found in higher grades
	1880-P	VAM-11A	8/7 Check Mark, Clashed Obverse st
	1880-P	VAM-16	8/7 Check Mark, scarce
	1880-P	VAM-16A	8/7 Check Mark,Die Break E-P Dot
	1880-P	VAM-29	8/7 Check Mark, Doubled 80
	1880-P	VAM-41	8/7 Check Mark, Doubled Obv Top, Tripled Date
	1880-P	VAM-41A	8/7 Check Mark, Doubled Obv Top, Tripled Date, Clashed n, st
	1880-P	VAM-53	8/7 Check Mark, rare!
16	1880-P	VAM-39A	E Clash reverse with ribbon bow break
17	1880-O	VAM-16	8/7 Check Mark, small o right
	1880-O	VAM-17	8/7 Check Mark, medium O
		VAM-17A	8/7 Check Mark, Medium O, Clashed Obverse n & t
	1880-O	VAM-21	8/7 Check Mark with ear, small o
	1880-O	VAM-55	8/7 Check Mark, small o, doubled reverse
	1880-O	VAM-63	8/7 Check Mark, medium O high
18	1880-S	VAM-11	0/9 Overdate, Medium S, available in higher grades
19	1881-O	VAM-27	DDO Ear, scarce
20	1883-O	VAM-22A	E Clash reverse.
	1883-O	VAM-36A	E Clash reverse, chips in ear, available in higher grades
21	1884-P	VAM-2A	E Clash reverse with dash under 8
22	1884-P	VAM-5	Doubled 18, Doubled Ear
		VAM-5A	Doubled 18 & Ear, Clashed Obverse n
23	1884-O	VAM-10	DDO Ear, so called O/CC by Walter Breen
24	1884-O	VAM-25	MPD "88"
25	1884-O	VAM-35	DDO Eyelid
26	1885-P	VAM-1A1	Pitted Reverse
		VAM-1A2	Pitted Reverse, Clashed Obverse n & t, Reverse M
	1885-P	VAM-1B	Pitted Reverse "DOL"
	1885-P	VAM-1C	Pitted Reverse Wreath
27	1885-CC	VAM-4	Doubled Dash
28	1886-P	VAM-1C	3+2 Clash, available in higher grades
29	1886-P	VAM-20	Doubled Date, few known
30	1886-O	VAM-7	O/O, very scarce
31	1887-P	VAM-1B	E Clash reverse, very rare
32	1887-S	VAM-4	Doubled 1--7-S
	1887-S	VAM-11	Doubled 1-7 & Reverse Lettering
33	1888-P	VAM-4	DDR Chipped "8"
	1888-P	VAM-6	DDR Die Scratch
	1888-P	VAM-7	DDR Die Chips. Four die stages (7A , 7B, 7C, 7D)
	1888-P	VAM-12	DDR & Clash, available in higher grades
		VAM-12A	Doubled Ear, High Date, Doubled Reverse, Clashed Obverse n
	1888-P	VAM-16	DDR Wreath, available in higher grades
	1888-P	VAM-16A	DDR Wreath, die gouge cotton leaves, available in higher grades
	1888-P	VAM-18	DDO Eyelid, MPD
34	1888-O	VAM-15	DDR Star, O/O
35	1888-S	VAM-6A	Pitted Reverse (Formerly VAM-1B.)
36	1889-P	VAM-16	DDO Ear, available in higher grades
	1889-P	VAM-18	DDO Ear
	1889-P	VAM-18A	DDO Ear, die chip cap rear
	1889-P	VAM-20	DDO Ear
37	1889-P	VAM-23A	IN Clash, ultra rare
38	1889-O	VAM-20A	Weak "E" Clash, very rare
39	1890-O	VAM-10	Comet gouges
	1890-O	VAM-10A	Polished Comet gouges
40	1891-O	VAM-1B	Pitted Reverse above E and under N to rim
41	1891-O	VAM-3A1	O Tilted Right, Clashed Obverse O, Reverse Weak ER
		VAM-3A2	O Tilted Right, Clashed Obv. O, Reverse Weak ER, Die Breaks
42	1895-S	VAM-3	S/S, curved dash
43	1896-P	VAM-20	Bar "6" (Previously VAM-1A)
44	1896-S	VAM-5	S/S, line right
45	1897-P	VAM-8	DDO Stars, available in higher grades
46	1900-P	VAM-16	DDR Olives. LDS has pitted eagle
	1900-P	VAM-18	DDR Olives
47	1901-P	VAM-5	DDO Ear & DDR Olive
48	1901-P	VAM-16	DDO Ear & Eye
49	1921-P	VAM-1E	Pitted Wreath Bow
	1921-P	VAM-3B1	Pitted Reverse D & Wreath
		VAM-3B2	Pitted Reverse D & Wreath, Quadrupled Clashed Obverse n & t, Reverse M
	1921-P	VAM-3C1	Pitted Reverse LL & UN, Doubled Lower Right Reverse
		VAM-3C2	Pitted Reverse LL & UN, Doubled Lower Right Reverse, Die Break Wing Tip
		VAM-3C3	Pitted Reverse LL & UN, Doubled Leaves Right Reverse, Clashed Obverse, Double t
	1921-P	VAM-3E	Pitting Below Arrow Feathers
	1921-P	VAM-3F1	Die Gouge Wing
		VAM-3F2	Die Gouge Wing, Denticle Impressions ME
		VAM-3F3	Die Gouge Wing, Pitted Reverse, Denticle Impressions ME
		VAM-3F4	Die Gouge Wing, Pitted Reverse, Die Break Above R
	1921-P	VAM-3N	Pitting through U in UNITED
	1921-P	VAM-15	Doubled Motto, Pitted Reverse
	1921-P	VAM-15A	Doubled Motto, Pitted Reverse Die gouges Arrow Heads
50	1921-D	VAM-1B1	Capped "R"
	1921-D	VAM-1B2	Capped "R" / Filled Die no E in WE

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