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I would listen to Kurt. There are only 3 die pairs with a far date for this series.

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Scott, as you well know, commodities are commodities. They go up and down. Maybe try pork bellies instead?

Long gone are the days you can sell a piece of toast with Jesus' portrait on it. I can't even sell there anymore without starting at a $1. Not doing it.

Dealers buy low and sell high. Collectors buy high and sell low. Good luck on the sales.

They are from HA, but HA references Collector Universe for the images. I guess better to be safe than sorry and not post them. It may be academic anyway since the obv and rev dies are shown on the other VAM pages.

Don't see why not. The obverse die is the same as VAM-8 and the reverse die the same as VAM-4B.

If you mean does the UFO die pair have the same obverse as V11, the answer is no. It is a unique obverse die as far as I can tell.

Not VAM-13. The V13 date is only far, not very far, and the die chip is in the wrong place. A die study shows the UFO die pair shown above is unique.

VAM-13 shown below.

There seems to be an unlisted 1884-S die pair. It is a very far date, and a mint mark placement that can be described as set right, maybe slightly high. The reverse is known with polished out wreath leaves, and the ones above ON in ONE are noticeable. On LDS coins, a chip forms on the second wreath ...

Well, after the bath, the 1880-P is not a VAM-13. It sure looked like it could be under a loupe. But keep in mind I have it at VF-20, so determinig the actual VAM is really not possible. The reverse markers for the VAM-13 were just not there. It is headed for the bargain bucket at my local B&M, as a...

Yeah, I need to give the 80-P V13 a bath and look at it again. Stay tuned.

Here's the breakdown.

Weth's description is pretty good. I think one of the things that is not talked about a lot is that die studies can identify which markers or PUPS survive all die states. Thus a die study can eliminate a lot of "but my coin has this". Some markers appear or disappear during the die life. Without a d...

So my brother passed about 5 years ago. My sister-in-law is still going thru the house trying to empty it to get ready to sell and downsize. She lives in SF Bay area. But the kicker is she had two uncles who worked for the Bank of Reno. In the early sixties they started to put aside silver dollars t...

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Roger B's disdain for Carr's work is well documented.

I encountered a LDS 1921-D VAM-16. It is raw and looks to be AU50ish. I say it is a LDS because the die cracks are much more extensive than the die crack guide. But I would have no idea. I paid $35. You can have it for $40 and you pay shipping if there are any takers, which I doubt. But maybe someon...

Some folks take this hobby too seriously, or treat it other than a hobby.

Sounds like rigid rules that won;t fly, let alone in the US.