There are no special VAMs for the 1888-S Morgan Silver Dollar. It is, however, one of the rarest Morgan Dollars with a mintage of 657,000. There are not many uncirculated coins in higher grades. The coins are not the highest quality, but some can have a lot of eye appeal. The 1888-S Morgan Dollar is valued in the $200 to $300 range and then goes up around to $30,000 in MS-67. Being a keydate in the series, the 1888-S is a desirable coin for most collectors.
Tags: 1888-s, 1888-s Dollar, 1888-s Morgan, 1888-s Morgan Dollar, 1888-s Morgan Silver Dollar, 1888-s Silver Dollar, 1888s
Posted in 1885-1893, 1888 | No Comments »
The 1888-O Morgan Silver Dollar is one of the more interesting coins in the Morgan Dollar set. Uncirculated coins are no rarity for this year being minted 12,150,000, but the standards of the coins stink. The strike is weak and the luster is not so lusterous. But, there is hope for this coin, the VAM varieties. There are many different VAMs that deal with the oval O type mintmark, but those are not a really big deal. The most popular is VAM-1B, also known as the Scar Face. The 1888-O Scarface Morgan Dollar has many die breaks in it, but it gets its name from the huge die break across Lady Liberty's cheek. The 1888-O Scarface is not only desirable, but also valuable, being able to sell for up to $10,000 for an MS-64. Other wanted VAMs include VAM-1A (imprinted E on the reverse and die break in the R of PLURIBUS), VAM-4 (referred to as "hot lips" where the lips, chin, and nose have been doubled), and VAM-9 (some arrows on the reverse are doubled). The 1888-O Morgan Silver Dollar has extremely low value of only around $30 in MS-60, but close to $2,500 as an MS-66.
Tags: 1888-o, 1888-o Dollar, 1888-o Morgan, 1888-o Morgan Dollar, 1888-o Morgan Silver Dollar, 1888-o Silver Dollar, 1888o
Posted in 1885-1893, 1888 | No Comments »
The 1888 Morgan Silver Dollar is another average scoin in the Morgan Dollar series. Special, collector-wanted VAMs include VAM-11 and VAM-11A, which both have the same liberty's ear doubled, but VAM-11A has clash marks on it. The 1888 Morgan Silver Dollar has a mintage of 19,183,000 circulation coins along with 833 Proof Morgans. There's good strikes out there, but there is also many bad strikes out there, so searching for a good, high quality coin could take some time. Even proof coins of this year are not overdesirable. Like many dollars, in MS-60, price for the 1888 Morgan is close to $30 and then goes up to about $11,000 or so. The Proof 1888 Morgan Silver Dollar is around $1,000 give a few hundred dollars in PF-60 and then goes to an average value of $25,000 or so in PF-67.
Tags: 1888, 1888 Dollar, 1888 Morgan, 1888 morgan dollar, 1888 morgan silver dollar, 1888 Silver Dollar, proof 1888 morgan
Posted in 1885-1893, 1888 | No Comments »
The 1888 Morgan Silver Dollar was the eleventh year the Morgan Dollar was in circulation. It was minted in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The mintages for this year are:
Philadelphia-19,183,833
New Orleans-12,150,000
San Francisco-657,000
There were two error/special varieties for this year and they are the 1888-O Scarface and 1888-O Doubled Die Obverse. The 1888-S in MS-67 condition can be worth up to $30,000.
Tags: 1888, 1888 morgan dollar, 1888 morgan silver dollar, 1888-cc, 1888-o, 1888-s, 1888cc, 1888o, 1888s
Posted in 1888, Morgan Silver Dollars | No Comments »
