VAMWorld 2.0

How far are you from the coin when you take the picture? That will determine what you can do with the lighting.

I do see doubling on the bolls and leaves, as well as the fold of the cap, I think. The problem is that a lot of 78s have minor doubling all over the place. Look around the rest of the coin for other matches. Peripheral lettering on the obverse is quite useful.

blaircountycoin wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:39 pm

Ok. Thank you very much. Do the polishing lines indicate anything? They are under the cap, between the eagle wing gap, and between the leg and tail feather.

Die polishing lines are useful as markers to confirm a match to a known die, but that's it.

I misspoke. They're either RPMs or doubled dies. 09-S/S, 11-D/D, 22 DDR, 25 DDR, 26 TDO.

@messydesk ; JB, thanks for starting it off. Good luck Luck won't have much to do with it for me. I'll get stomped long before the hammer falls on that one. Funny thing is a couple weeks ago I was looking at the CPG. There are 6 Saints listed, and all but one (1909/8) are RPMs that are probably eas...

From what I can see, there's no clash that would warrant being listed as anything. The date is on the left side of the normal lateral position, but still normal. Any slant in the date is too slight to have been listed. The date also shows no signs of repunching. So far, this is VAM 1. If possible, p...

@vampicker, you rock and I'm so glad you're adding/correcting my input! I had no idea there were 3 different dies for the 200 listing - now I'll need to start a look out for the other two to complete my set. #mywifeisn'tgoingtobehappywithyou Not 3 dies for VAM 200, 3 dies with similar breaks. One f...

Welcome back, Jim. I took care of the wording and uploaded Leroy's photos to the page.

Cestor01 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:52 pm

Sorry, yes, you did respond to that. I messaged you again and offered to let you look at the coin. I did not get a response to that. I could have messed up with sending that message.

I never received a second message.

If you really want the truth about this coin, send it to JB (aka; messydesk).... We have seen this sort of thing time and time again. Like I said, the mind is a funny thing. Once you think you see something, it is very hard for your brain to see that same thing a different way. It takes a flexible ...

Cool coin! I got the party started, not that it'll be close to hammer.

LateDateMorganGuy wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:33 pm

1902-O VAM 10

If Alan answers with a 1902-O attribution, you can take that to the bank.

No matter the hobby or segment of hobby, there are always people coming and people going. I'm frequently approving new members here. Some just drop by for a quick attribution, others stick around and get involved. The same thing happened in the early days of VAMWorld.

89 is tricky to attribute because of all the doubled ears. Most of these are due to die fatigue, so the degree of doubling actually changes a little over time. Go through the 1889 Doubled Ear page. That should help with this one.

It looks like the VAM 35A picture (labeled VAM 1F) of the first 8 is shown alongside the first 8 from VAM 1G, perhaps to show that VAM 1G doesn't have the big blob in the bottom of the 8.

That looks like VAM 16 from the mint mark location. It's always PL on both sides, so the reverse die failure came immediately. The reverse was swapped out to become VAM 28.3, which is common. VAM 16 is decidedly not common.

DHalladay wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:17 pm

messydesk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 26, 2023 4:36 am

Excellent! Looks nice. Sticking with the template makes it easier to view them all quickly. Thanks for doing this. Hoping you have a graphics tablet of some sort.

No tablet. Just Photoshop, a mouse, and a 27" monitor.

I'll send you a spare tablet I have.

Until I got to the last picture, I was thinking "poke it with a stick." Looks like it could be a tiny bit of "Longacre doubling."