VAMWorld 2.0

Here's the doubling on the BERT. Looks like machine doubling, but I'm rusty on this.

Some interesting stuff on a 23-S that I can't match up to anything existing. Coin was clashed and heavily polished. There are significant file lines in the space between the bun and the head, all around the bun and into the Y, and on the reverse around the eagle's head and shoulders and into the mot...

Thanks, Ed. I spent many, many hours on VW1.0 from 2006-2010... then life got in the way. Having 2 in diapers at the time eliminated my "free" time for looking at coin porn (as my wife used to call VW). This place and the members are an invaluable resource.

I have to learn how to post pictures again... Was looking through my handful of "what the hell is it?" coins and saw something very interesting on a 23-S Darksider...

it appears to be a foreign body, not part of the coin. I say damage.

ImpairedSquirrel... yes, I am a Ray. The screen name was a nickname, Raybob, given by a co-worker years ago. (You can look at the VAM page for my favorite discovery, 1901S VAM 14 for my full name.)

Crabscape, that would be the old "hangnail", right?

CascadeChris: I was talking with a colleague about coin collecting and got into a discussion about die varieties and VAMs in general. He was curious about learning more, so I told him about VAMWorld. I had no idea the old VW had gone poof along with all of Wikispaces. I pulled up VW2.0 looking for i...

I was very active on the old Wiki VAMWorld many years ago and have been away since about 2009 or 10. Just starting back again after a long absence from VAMming. Just wondering how many of the "old" crew are still around?

Ray