VAMWorld 2.0

The cracks noted in the VAM 52 listing occur during the obverse's earlier use in the VAM 46/46A marriage. You have an early stage of 46A from the sound of it

I appreciate the comments and thanks for the fix, John. I will reiterate my preference for simplicity wherever possible on the site

I'm sorry but some of this seems unnecessarily complex to the point of absurdity. I looked at the 85-CC page and it has a secondary page to list reverses. There are only three real marriages and a couple of minor stages. I went to the 88-O page and it took 4 clicks to open the actual Oval O guide. I...

His other book is better, 'The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook'. But this is worth a read or two in sections. His take on toning is invaluable.

Great coin to illustrate the true 'evil' of an 'evil mimic', because I definitely see the similarities between LDS examples of VAMs 10 and 8. One key feature to note is the exact location of that bottom chunk of repunched mintmark within the O's opening. There is a slight yet noticeable difference b...

Yeah, those rarity and interest ratings are vague guidelines at best. A true picture of rarity and more specifically relative rarity doesn't develop for years. Interest has always been a moving target. How many coins actually grab our attention after we've owned them for a while? How many sets are s...

They both have the Rev of 79, so there's that.....

Guess no one proofreads... Kinda lost the joke of a Freudian nip slip staring at us in the title.

Sorting by raritity might end up costing half your stuff.

Kinda looks like a late stage of VAM 10

If I was gonna lay odds on one person finding half the known population of a variety, I know who I'd bet on.

You suck in a continuum...

His concept of a Higher Power is not well formed

I had an explosive idea....

Yeah, same dies as VAM 26A in an earlier stage without the gouge. Nice find!

I'll be at the company table

That is seriously cool!

Same attribution and grade shouldn't make a difference. I've already looked once, but I'll take a much deeper look over the next day or two to firm up the actual winners

Today is the deadline....

looks like its got a bit of a weird shine to it Good chance this would get called cleaned