VAMWorld 2.0

Just found this in a old saddle bag from The Colorado Cowboys collection... Is it my ticket out of here? Thanks for all your free (for me) lessons!
Please request additional photos...if you like. Thank you.

Good job!

IMO it is post mint damage. If not post mint damage, it could only be a strike thru of some sort, but that is a long shot. thank you for your insight. What a interesting area of collecting. This post altered: 03 2020 no disrespect, just persuit of Knowledge. Thanks for great site! lioncutter In the...

Thank you all for your help and patience on my learning curve. I am aware of my protocol mistake mentioned below and I think we fixed it. Update: I know we fixed it! I bought the coin in question on Ebay. I saw something in Ebay photos that proved to be there, or not there. Here is a Ebay screenshot...

I removed a 141 yrs. of shmootz, probably ruined a nice coin and disturbed a nest of Vam eating bacteria that I can't get a photo of. I will try to kept them quarantined to Michigan. PC060929.JPG Update: Please find a updated photo of my 1878-S: I have been experimenting. P1071193_1.JPG I would like...

Thanks everyone, you're right, now I am even seeing polishing lines. Maybe a camera with natural light is needed.

DHalladay wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:14 pm

I think it's a stain/residue etch of some kind.

Using this proscope 50x w/leds may not be trustworthy. I will try real light tomorrow. Thanks DHaliaday.

Hello,
In that persuit of a 78-S VAM Photos are from a proscope 50x

Thanks all! ....if i could just twist the light just right.. PC020832.JPG PC291141.JPG Please note in the photo above a crack in what I am calling, thee dot. This next screen shot is of a 1878-S on Vamworld. Screenshot_2019-12-30-18-28-10.png http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/w...

...here is another photo attempt.
I will have to
wait for the Sun tomorrow for that special photo to maybe show there is no pushed up materal. I need photo equipment like you guys have to take those beautiful photos, with no doubts. Thank you CascadeChris.

May I be the first to say, Beautiful Coin Thats about all
I know so far.

PC010826.JPG PC010799.JPG Thank you for your efforts here. This hole above the B does not seam to have any distal ejecta, for lack of a better term.  78s0003.jpg The next two photos of different coins show the displacement of materal . 1575223893047.jpg 1575224161570.jpg Could that mean the "Dot" h...

Reverse B2d – Micro I S mint mark doubled with notch at top right of upper serif, doubled left side of lower serif and slight doubling on inside of lower loop . I would bet the photographers here have a better photo of that "s" for comparison. I will keep looking. I have been discovering the coins ...

I think you may be saying I have to wait till my new found 21p Vam 3K2, forms a real die chip. in the area of cracks I have pictured here, to get my Vam 3K3:: This may take awhile....

Great example, those 1H's. I learned something.

It's VAM 3K-something. Does yours have a big diamond-shaped die break (laying on its side) between obverse left stars 2 & 3? If it does then it's 3K2. If it doesn't then it's 3K1. How were you Screenshot_2019-11-11-15-44-34.png able to decide so quickly from this given photo that, indeed, this is a...

Thank you for your confirmation DHalladay. Continuing on this learning curve I am enjoying, may I ask what would have to happen to this vam 3k2 for it to become a 3k3?
I appreciate your patience.
(Attached is the reverse)

Yes, please check out photo. Interesting coin.

Thank you for your time.

Hoping you see a simularity in these two photos.
One is a 21p Vam
3K2, the other is a discovered coin from a Colorado collection that
my wife thinks I altered with a fine drafting pencil.

Here is a link to more pictures:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... cBOgNuxnwV

Thanks for the help.

You are right, the Vam -1J uses a different denticle. Interestingly close.