VAMWorld 2.0

Welcoming you in, too. Helping educate is part of the process so often you might not get your answer directly. This is to 'help you fish', if you will, instead of giving you fish to eat. (Or just providing the beer that always goes along with the activity...) Best guide is the engraved feather regio...

Brilliant but another frustration of the VW1.0 to VW2.0 switch. Not everything could be carried over. Might mention it was a VW1.0 verification but, then again, might not matter. As long as it was it should help clarify the differences between the two.

Thanks, Gary

A lovely coin for sure. I was lucky to snag a ANACS53 coin in the past and even at this worn condition it shows all the wonderful features. I'm still looking for a higher grade to see the features even more clearly! And, yes, I did pay a bit extra for it because I've found it a more difficult coin t...

Thanks but how can they be duplicate listings if they're described differently? VAM-12 has the 'entire date doubled' while VAM-34 only has doubling of the 18?

As caught, they share the same reverse but that's not a duplicate listing?

Sorry if I've read this incorrectly.

Curious, albeit nervous, following this post. I agree with ljs123 about being cautious here trying to define or redefine listings based on single coins. Fairly clearly differentiated by text even if the wording is differently arranged: VAM-10: "Date set further left than normal. Second 8 doubled top...

Awesome sauce...

To confirm, though: @messydesk, you do not need me to send mine to ya?

@keilg1 Hope you are having a great vacation! Wishing you safe travels! I only had the one 1880S but I sent with a few more to be attributed. Mine just arrived at Barrington IL Post Office today. Looking forward to the results! @fogie @messydesk JB, would you still like mine to be sent after I arri...

Fantastic pictures... but it ain't gunk - it's beauty marks! A huge amount going on with this year and mint, for sure. I have a few head-scratchers that have similar stuff going on. Starting with sharing what JR recommended and continuing to access the amazing repository that HawkeEye compiled is th...

My extremely unofficial take woudl be no, no new listing, as as advanced as the second coin might be nothing seems to be past the subjective line...

Looking forward to hearing from the people you should be listening to (and that ain't ME!)...

Hot damn all the way around!

@keilg1 Apologies, was vacationing on the Norfolk coast until today. Still have sand in-between my... er... toes. I'll land stateside in about a week and a half and can shoot mine towards JB as soon as possible. That'd be quicker than if I dropped it in the post from here (although not necessarily ...

Beauty. I found one recenltly in a lot worse shape but it was a fun find. NO, not enough to get me to convert to the darkside but it was a fun find.

Congrats, a beauty of a coin. Even for a Peace dollar!

I've enjoyed a large number of learning events in the past... grease-related, scratch-related, machine doubling-related, toning fallacies, and more... Usually the benefit corresponds to the amount I paid for the learning lesson. Hope yours was relatively cheap as it wan't your coin?! Keep looking, t...

These latter ones seem beyond the stage of my coin. I can appreciate the difficulty of drawing easy conclusions about wear-related features versus die-related ones - the more the coin is worn, the more difficult it is to differentiate smudginess from a full blown cud (and filled in metal). Thanks fo...

Probably one of the sweetest of coins to follow the overall clash lines (as well as letter transfer) of the lot. High grade examples also abound making this a fun coin all the way around.

But the question is about the rumor... so, yes, there has been a trade dollar branch mint proof rumor?

There are lots of rumors out there. Including some about JB, JR, DC, LVA, etc. but we shant mention any of the details of those...

Nice story, nice list of FUN!

Thanks, @RogerB. Another amazing trove of treasure to sift through.

Agree. Nothing on the front would indicate the potential 'E' transfer on the reverse but the low clash line along the bottom left wreath leaves suggests it might have been possible. Still nice to ask about because that would have been a wickedly cool find!

Hi messydesk , vampicker and/or fogie , I asked alefzero about updating the VNA page and he recommended asking any/all of you what might be done. I'm happy to make the following recommended changes if you say the word - but I don't want to confuse things. Recommended changes: Remove the header about...