1880 $1 VAM 53 Checkmark HOT 50, PL (Regular Strike)
Series: Morgan Dollars 1878-1921
PCGS MS64+PL
1880 VAM 53 DETAIL
PCGS MS64PL
- PCGS #:
- 416086
- Designer:
- George T. Morgan
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 38.10 millimeters
- Weight:
- 26.73 grams
- Mintage:
- 12,600,000
- Mint:
- N/A
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- N/A
Die Varieties
- 1880 $1 VAM 2
- 1880 $1 VAM 2, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 2, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 6, 8/7 Spikes TOP 100
- 1880 $1 VAM 6 8/7 Spikes TOP 100, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 6 8/7 Spikes TOP 100, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 7 8/7 Crossbar TOP 100
- 1880 $1 VAM 7 8/7 Crossbar TOP 100, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 7 8/7 Crossbar TOP 100, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 8 8/7 Ears TOP 100
- 1880 $1 VAM 8 8/7 Ears TOP 100, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 8 8/7 Ears TOP 100, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 9, 8/7 Stem TOP 100
- 1880 $1 VAM 9 Weak TOP 100
- 1880 $1 VAM 9 8/7 Stem TOP 100, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 9 8/7 Stem TOP 100, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 11, Checkmark HOT 50
- 1880 $1 VAM 11 Checkmark HOT 50, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 11 Checkmark HOT 50, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 16 Checkmark HOT 50
- 1880 $1 VAM 16 Checkmark HOT 50, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 16 Checkmark HOT 50, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 29, Checkmark HOT 50
- 1880 $1 VAM 29 Checkmark HOT 50, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 29 Checkmark HOT 50, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 41, Checkmark HOT 50
- 1880 $1 VAM 41 Checkmark HOT 50, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 41 Checkmark HOT 50, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 53 Checkmark HOT 50
- 1880 $1 VAM 53 Checkmark HOT 50, PL
- 1880 $1 VAM 53 Checkmark HOT 50, DMPL
- 1880 $1 VAM 23 80/79 TOP 100
- 1880 $1 VAM 23 80/79 TOP 100, PL
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Ron Guth:
VAM 53 is one of the so-called "Checkmark" obverses, so-named because of a small raised mark on the left side of the upper loop of the second 8 of the date. This obverse was also used on two other VAM varieties (VAM 29 and VAM 29A), so one must look at the reverse for the presence of a raised die line running at a 45 degree angle through the top cluster of leaves on the right side of the wreath. VAM 53 is a fairly recent discovery (2008), so it is still rare today.
PCGS has certified (as of August 2011) only five examples of this variety, but none yet in Prooflike or DMPL.