VAMWorld 2.0

Thanks, Dennis

Would I be safe to speculate (on the Bay) that you will continue your efforts involving those very few 'JOH' s that do remain?

( pronounced JOE)

PacificWR wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:32 am

I'll finish the new VAM page tomorrow.

Thank you @PacificWR
I have a new appreciation for all the great work you do here.

davidkclose wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 17, 2022 1:25 am

I would appreciate it very much if someone would start the page, thanks.

@davidkclose I went ahead and got a start on the page you requested. Hope it is of some help.
It's a learning experience for me in an area I am not too familiar with.

As the die cracks are different, they are from different dies . For the coin at the top of the page, it is difficult to determine from the photo if this is some form of PMD, rusted or worn die, or ??. As you had noted, for this to be from a clash is very unlikely, & would almost certainly show stro...

Hello everyone. Thank you for this site. I learn a lot here. I have been seeking out the 1923-P Vam 1ck In an effort to verify a suspicious non-typical/probably impossible clash. update: Interesting note from LVA on a different Vam (It may help here I am thinking) LVA comment: "23-P - 1AN. Interesti...

messydesk wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:30 am

JohnGoldsmith wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:54 am

Also if your into modern, will need one with the P and W. And if you gold plate any you will also need a C and a D.

Don't forget the ones made in Manila.

...another interesting direction new to me. Thanks

VAM 2A . The coin is worn enough that the doubling is difficult to see. Thank you! If there is no objection, I would like to add two photos to the 1924-P Vam-2A page. http://www.vamworld.com/forum/download/file.php?id=30911 and: http://www.vamworld.com/forum/download/file.php?id=30991 My thinking o...

Ground Control to Major Johns

You guys make this the best Vam site!

I have what I attributed as a 1921-D Vam 12A. I will send in or photograph... Interesting Vam.

For 1921 Peace dollars, the mint was experimenting with which die should be the hammer die. The 1921 VAM 1F2 has a collar clash on the reverse, whereas the VAM 1K2 and VAM 1AC have the collar clash on the obverse. On all later dates, collar clashes occur on the reverse. Thank you for all your contr...

Thanks once again, John.
I think the only way I am going to understand the minting process is to try and operate one of those vintage presses; in person...then you will see some errors.

Thanks @RogerRock
I found info on another coin that I guess you could call an 'anvil die rim clash'. It is a 1921 Peace Vam-1K2. I think they have a different 'look' than the more common hammer die rim clash. Here is a picture:

I am learning also a clash on the obverse of a Peace Dollar is a rare thing.
I have only found information on one so far in my search for some kind of comparison.
It is on a 1921 Peace Vam-1AC: I will get more photos once I have the coin in hand... Thanks for the input.

Thanks everyone!

This coin was in a small group of D-mint coins I recently got, and I am profoundly clueless. Any VAM help would be greatly appreciated -- There are finger feed areas at TA and OF. finger feeds.jpg Dennis. I see the 'feed areas at TA and Of.' Is there evidence of a gouge I am probably missing? Thanks.

Finally identified this coin as a VAM 1Q2 but the radial reverse break extend through Eagle's neck as a displaced field break. Don't know if this qualifies as a new 1Q3 vam or a late die stage 1Q2. If someone has interest in posting these images on the 1Q2 page, I give my permission . I have added ...

I can't find anything in the scribbles or die crack break guides for this coin, even though it has very clear examples of both. Can anyone help? First is yet another long, bold crack from the denticles above F in OF that goes through the F and left wing and into the top of the right wreath (where i...

A little acetone bath in that area, Will also help I am afraid the acetone may wash my dreams away... I think those gouges are barely on there. I will work on the date first. ;) Thanks, you guys. I am allergic to C3H6O, anyway. (I had to look at the can for formula.) Here is date: GCS6500_5.JPG Fog...

Hello everyone. JB sparked my interest in the 1879-S with all the work he just did on them. Please take a look at these LFCPs of my 79-S: GCS6472.JPG GCS6459.JPG My main interest is in the Rev. at the left star. By tweaking the 'Light' just right I came up with these two close-up photographs of my a...

Great Fun for me when I get an opportunity to attempt photographs! Thank you for your interest. There is a die gouge left of the 'G' in God on the coin in question. Here is a photo: gcs_gouge_G.jpg I found nothing at the'V' that looks like even a remnant of a gouge, no matter how I twist the light :...

jrfaust Thanks for your encouragement and your memory of the missing neck feathers on that 1926-s Vam 2F3 for a nice comparison. Here are some quick, unedited snapshots of the area of the coin we are looking at. I am hoping that makes a difference somehow. (my first photos in this thread are full o...