VAMWorld 2.0

Cotton gouges appear off, date seems lower on 4 & 14, but that may be refracting through lucite. I'm gonna kindly say it doesn't match. Sometimes I set it down for a week and let my Eyes and brain focus again. Are rims different between mints? I'm noticing that edge by luck and if they are that woul...

Looks like a near (and slightly slanted) date without a severe tilt to the mint mark (ruling out the VAM-10) so the only other option would be the VAM-11 based on descriptions. Without proper pictures on the webpage it'll be difficult to nail down but I'd say you're most likely right. Thank You for...

And just how many did the Perrott's Buy? 1$ in 1954 = $11.54 today... and these awards were morphed into 1985 100 Year that can always be found on the bay!

My Beautiful Wife has amazing sleuthing skills.

Your 1897 "Silver Token" evidently has to do with an old internet system known as "Radio" that was fueled by Double Cola!

The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina) · Fri, Jun 18, 1954 · Page 19

Hope this helps your quest

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As there isn't many 98-S Vams to go through, I think this fits LVA's Vam 11... slanted near date, upright mm. Alas, no pic's This coin has a tremendous amount of notable cracks that I don't find mentioned on other 98-S. Obverse- Hair V, Field though hair beneath hair V, U though Cap, Hair though Lib...

Thanks for your response. The re-posting of your VAM-14 does exist was helpful, I need to get my Discussion Forum searching skills dialed in. The reverse matches the tail gouges as well as the bump in the field by the left talon to a tee. Furthermore, there is no gouge in the eagle neck gap as pictu...

Reverse Images

The recent 82-P VAM 20 string spurred me to re-examine my meager 82's and this lost child popped up. I noticed that it had the hair curl gouge which lead me to the VAM 14 which states "MAY NOT EXIST". I then went to the VAM 31 and I believe the cotton gouge and the "1" gouge differ. On the reverse t...

1880-P Supposed to be Vam 9.. Was a Vam 10. It is at least a MS-62 and the price was right so a Keeper anyway-

Makes sense, love that frozen Denver grease!

Great Fill, but I am curious why it wasn't VAM'd as well...

Is this why it is called a "side-hustle"?

You say it everyday Dennis... "when in doubt, don't"

Yes it does!

Cropped from Higher res of Reverse image above...

Been awhile since I shared, let's see how this goes. Bought a new 60mm 2.8 Oshiro lens ($130 ebay) to get the tight shots, very similar to Dennis's Nikon 60mm. Tested with the scribbles and Voila! Ringed in an EDS 1P, formerly a 1AO. Rev major Die Cracks had not formed and the D was grease filled, a...

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Thu May 04, 2023 6:22 pm

The 1965 book is the oldest one by LVA.
There is an older VAM reference, published in 1963, that LVA has said inspired him to start his research:

Is This the Klaes 51?

Artificial Toning

Update- I now believe this to be a Near Date Vam 5. Near Date, 3 ear lines, Neck gap, tail lines all check out. In the original pics on Vamworld, there is a reference to acid dip. I now believe that the possibility that acid was used at the mint, which pooled in the fields, cutting deeper into the d...

Crossover to other string "VAM Nicknames"...

"Poison Ivy"

Always Super work Dennis, Thank you very much.