The 1884-O Morgan is another average coin in the Morgan Dollar set. It was struck 9,730,000 times with the quality of strike varying greatly, from very weak with almost no details on some of the key points, to very strong. The 1884-O Morgan can valued at $30 or so in MS-60 grade and in the $12,000 to $13,000 range in MS-68. Two of the popular VAM varieties for the 1884-O Morgan are VAM-2, and VAM-6. VAM-2 describes the O mintmark that is round and the skinny slit. This was the first year that a round mintmark was used which then replaced the ovalish mintmark used in previous years. VAM-6 is a mintmark that was repunched very strong a little bit higher and to the right of the original punch.
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The 1884 Morgan Silver Dollar is the seventh coin in the Morgan Dollar series. It was minted in the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Carson City. The mintages for this year are:
Philadelphia-14,070,875
Carson City-1,136,000
New Orleans-9,730,000
San Francisco-3,200,000
There were no special production or error coins for this year. The 1884-S in MS-67 condition can be worth a cool $500,000.
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