VAMWorld 2.0

Gary, I still have not received your email, please call my shop 440-630-9264 Tuesday / Friday between 10/3 Russ Sorry, for the confusion: I didn't send an email, I PM'd you here, as in the private messages of this site. Looks like it went through. Can send you one via real email - shoot it to me? L...

Sorry, meant to ask if you can show up-close pictures of the original coin posted (specifically all the letters - RIBUS). No other coins will necessarily help us as much as the original that shows what you think you're seeing. A bit confused, too, beause anything that supposedly happened to a master...

Interesting looking. Pictures probably aren't showing the full amount that you can see. Hard to imagine an O/O having such consistent duplicate strikes - i.e., any doubling on the inner left side would correspond to an overstrike with the punch as it was shifted right, only to have a similar event h...

Looks normal from here. Schmootz around letters is very common (& normal) and is a relic of the process that puts the devices in the die. Agree. I'll remain in the 'not seeing this' and 'not following the explanation' camp. Fascinating discussion and definitely to be encouraged. In the end, though,...

Looks tilted to me. Educational opportunity: Searching the 80S page for 'tilt' only IDs the following as tilted left medium MMs: 40/40A, 61, 65 and 114. Not quite correct information? Partially because of confusion and partially because there are other varieties with tilted medium MMs that don't app...

No need to use any tool - just post a picture of that area for us to see. Like the picture you posted of the area to the right of the eagle's left wing showing the back of the head clash (the right wreath you wonderfully captured), which is pretty but almost always insignificant because it is the le...

vampicker wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:07 pm

Yeah, that's supposed to be there. And on the VAM 6 too.

Rock on and thanks.

I'm most interested in seeing the clash line above the eagle's right wing - where does it go... to the I... to the n ... inbetween the n and the G... or quite possibly to the G (as it appears in your picture of the date that also shows the neckline and clash there). This information will be needed t...

@vampicker or @messydesk, do either of you have any guidance here? Happy to assign it a known variety if it is - happy to send it in, too, as I have others in the hopper.

Thanks.

Expected VAM-6/44 reverse PUPs: 78S686 engraved wing feather area.jpg 78S686 broken trust.jpg and 78S686 neck-wing gap.jpg But do you see the gouge I think I do? 78S686 MM and bottom of bow.jpg Clearly not seen on all the VAM-6 coins I own... Perhaps I see it on one of the photos on the VAM-44 page....

Coin has a clear 14/44 ( http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1878-S_VAM-14#1878-S_VAM-14_Doubled_LIBERTY_Left.2C_Engraved_Wing_Feather / http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1878-S_VAM-44 ) obverse with wickedly cool die chips/scratches: 78S686 hair c...

Boooooooommmmmmm! Great variety and a 67 grade to boot?

colwillys wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:49 pm

Find RIB below and between the two Ray behind eagles head .

Thanks. Weozers these are subtle. Yes, like those E clashes of Morgans can be very difficult to see. Thanks for the educatin'. I'll stick with the non-dark side but appreciate the brief jaunt to the other!

For those of us who are completely clueless as to what we're looking for, can you circle what you think is letter transfer? I feel like I've never looked at a Peace dollar before because I can't imagine what you all are seeing let alone see it!

Hate to keep beating this but I've also noticed mention of the doubling of the 'top of upper right cotton leaf' on the 110 page. Unsure if I do see it but it did lead me to look at the general area and this is what I saw. Don't know if these are found on the 88/112 obverse. Apparent 'X' scratch in t...

vampicker wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:39 pm

The original poster is a real person

Yes, and I hope my joviality wasn't mistaken as disrespect. Please !@#20100 let us know if you need more help.

@fogie and @Unc90o you both have 16s in the SSDC registry, right - assuming both of these are 16As as they're in the Die Chips set...

Any way your coin could land on @messydesk's desk the same time mine could arrive?

Nice additional pictures. Sorry to add nothing really connecting with what I know. I'll hope those more experienced can take over and help guide you to a final determination.

Thanks for allowing me to participate - I keep learning as I go along.

Final picture:

Again, thanks, lewisr2 , vamnuke , tbconcrete , UNCLE BINGO and others. Prompted to look more at the 88/112 link and additional pictures, I'm even more convinced this is a 110 obverse. Hope the addtitional pictures help you help me decide. First, from the 110 page I see the matching forehead marker ...