VAMWorld 2.0

I hate to say it, but Florida is about to be the new NY/NO... why the hell do these people not get it until it delivers a big overhand right? Y'all think y'all's tougher than NY?
Anyone living in a state that hasn't locked down yet should seriously consider legal action against their government.

I think most of them are fairly old?

DHalladay wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:11 pm

OMG John! That really looks like a proof!

Funny, that was my first thought as well...

WOW! SWEET pick Dennis!
Sooo, is it time to start chasing that WOW! set now?

I ate a cow for supper.

How are you making now Vern?

Hopefully not much was damaged and folks weren't hurt! I've experienced two that I know of, but neither was very big. The first was the one that damaged the Washington Monument several years ago. I was working in Johnstown, PA (of Johnstown flood fame) on some not very firm scaffolding, so I didn't ...

My reference to clash mark transfer was intended for any raised devices on coin which are incuse on the die. Of course, the opposite is true for LIBERTY on the Morgan coin and die. Thanks for that reminder Rob. No worries, it's just by happen-chance that all known Morgan letter transfers from the r...

Quite Honestly; I'm blown away by this post showing some Scraggly characters that look like cave dwellers/ LOl poor wives should lock their doors or run!!!!!!! Cant imagine some of these ugly's walking around coin shows UGH/IMHO Damm scary i say; Maybe this is why the public quit attending shows fo...

Just curious. I was looking at some coins with what appears to be post-mint incuse damage on the obverse, like wide scratches, but if I look at those incuse areas with a digital microscope it sure looks like flow lines are in the incuse areas, along with what appear to be polishing, grinding or fil...

From what I recall of Fogie, I'll say we have our winner!
I may post one at some point, but since I shaved right before this post started I'll have to wait a week or two for a little stubble to show...

So a couple things: 1) I didn't bid on this coin, but I'd be curious to know who all here did? Were any of you the underbidder, cuz you might want to have a word with eBay if you were. 2) The "look" of it in the pics says cleaned to me anyway. 3) The fact that you have it relisted tells me that ther...

Can't see much from that pic, have you ruled out a strike-through? My opinion would be that it depends on what the PMD is and how it happened. If it were smooth and slow developing (like possibly coins settling in a bag) I think it could be possible for the flow lines to remain... Also, I believe th...

Who's quarantined? Working ten hours M-F. Having to pay for a flea bitten rodent setting on his asterisk. Wanna trade? Don't worry Rabbit, it's comin' to your door too (take a peek to your South in either direction...). Though your trade may be considered needed, your own decrepit condition will pr...

Who's quarantined? Working ten hours M-F. Having to pay for a flea bitten rodent setting on his asterisk. Wanna trade? Don't worry Rabbit, it's comin' to your door too (take a peek to your South in either direction...). Though your trade may be considered needed, your own decrepit condition will pr...

Thes five are on eBay, ending this evening, and are being grossly ignored right now... ANACS VF35 1878-S VAM-57 Long Nock TOP 100 AOH PCGS MS63CAC 1880-O VAM-48 Hang Nail TOP 100 NGC MS62 1880/79-O VAM-6 (unclashed version) TOP 100 NGC MS62 1880/79-O VAM-4 TOP 100 PCGS MS61 1889-O VAM-2A Oval O TOP ...

That new pic makes me lean much further towards gunk...

Looks like it could be machine doubling or even a function of the toning, but not a doubled die.
Welcome to the madness.

I feel as if a person that noticed the E would also notice the mound of 1a2/1a3, so I'm gonna say 1a4 with the possibility that the bridge and other clashing was written off as addition die "fractures".

Looks like either a stain or a planchet defect.
Soak it in acetone for a while and see what's what.