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Nice coin. If that is a cut wreath stem clash I see at the folded wheat leaf, it does not go with the wing clash at the jaw line. I would like to have a copy of that coin in hand. Nice.

In general, there is polishing of the lower hair and designer's initial for the second coin posted. But, the second coin appears to be an earlier minting than the coin of the original post. If I have the order of minting correct; state and stage are out of play. Thus, not only different coins; but a...

it looks like the date is doubled on the bottom of all 4 numbers. You might be observing what has been called stretch toning. During the life of the die, the date may "migrate" as the die wears (sinks). The properties of the metal on the rim side of the date may change in a way to alter toning in t...

Excellent. Thanks. In my limited knowledge of minting; I expected the planchet, if stuck in the collar, to strike the lower die rather than the lower die strike the planchet. I thought the lower die was stationary. Someone should write a book.

Click not once, but twice and wowser! The polishing lines. Great addition! Loren

From the 1900-O Variety listing page - 1900-O VAM-21D1 Near Date, High O, Die Break ATE & ER - 1900-O VAM-21D2 Near Date, High O, Die Break ATE with chips New 2018 - 1900-O VAM-21E Near Date, High O, Denticle Impressions on Reverse Each of the three sub-varieties are minted from the same die pair. O...

@LorenAlbert Thanks and what is "giving up weight"? Funny, after I wrote that; I headed to Google and Duck Duck Go to assess just how esoteric "giving up weight" might be. We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Thus, weight loss dominates the search results. I have squandered much of my life i...

This might have been amenable to a poll. I am not used to the lighting trickery of scanners. The sharpness of the borders, it seems to me, preclude struck-through for grease. I doubt PMD because I see no evidence of roll up. I am betting on debris. But I am not giving up weight.

That's really impressive. Congratulations!

Great find Ron. Congratulations.

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You have indicated what is called a clashed cap-V. This happens when a blank (planchet) is not in place as the dies approximate. This is a common clash mark seen across most of the MM/YR for the Morgan.

Thank you for such a quick response. I am recently retired and have just started going through them in order to pass them on to kids and grandkids. Want to categorize them if possible when I find certain anomalies so if they get the bug they can gather more information if any. That is a great plan....

As you take a break, the traffic to 81O shall not. Thanks for your contributions to the Morgan silver dollar.

Loren, if you want the legal jargon for copyright or patent let me know and I’ll see if my wife can send me a link from Westlaw. Westlaw is the go to legal software product used by many law firm’s across the United States and 60 countries. It’s 40,000 strong databases contain case law, statues and ...

To me, this is interesting. All I did was suggest that Loren check with Leroy. I generally have provided Leroy that courtesy in the past. I am amazed that this thread had dived into a legal discussion of copyright. Common courtesy was my intention, not necessarily a legal interpretation on my part....

Another try. This table on this external page ? 1883-O: Cross-references From Die Number to Associated VAM Die Classifications and Varieties OD ID# RD ID# ODC RDC Obverse Die Markers Reverse Die Markers VAM# III2-0001 C3-0001 III2-1 C3a Trapezoidal chip T of LIBERTY MM right, low, and tilted left VA...

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I have read many documents of this nature, but none as succinct and as understandable as this one. Thanks.

It seems the legal advice being given on this site is unequivocal... And worth every penny you pay for it. What puzzles me most about this thread is not the legal ramifications. Except for a couple of early posts, I am bewildered by the lack of encouraging comment by those I view as closest to LVA....

It seems the legal advice being given on this site is unequivocal. So I stand corrected apparently. Has anyone here or those offering legal advice seen Leroy's agreement with Collector's Universe? I have not seen the agreement. I don't think that it is clear, as you posted earlier, that LVA has the...

LorenAlbert I am a machinist. And yes I do sort all bolts as you suggested. I look forward telling my friends how granular I am. I can imagine the looks on their faces. I happen to have recently sorted machine bolts into an organizer. You need to make decisions how to label the drawers. Those decis...