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I wouldn't be so quick to declare "road trip" as what seems to be happening here and has happened in the past. I would respect the time and energy that Hawkeye has put into the 81-O series and give him time to look into this to respond. While the fact that JB doesn't recognize it is important, but H...

Discovery coins are always a smile in a box. Just a comment however, the 1902-O VAM-45 Die #14 is a duplicate of the VAM-45 Die #1 EDS. The die pair is difficult to ID because it is very plain jane. It fools me sometimes. Besides all the stuff Leroy mentions, there is a very slight vertical die scra...

If I am not mistaken, protocol in this situation is that the creator(s) of the Lists make the call whether to add a different die pair with the money side of the coin as one die to the list. Maybe I am wrong, but the example I use is the 1902-O VAM-43. When it was listed, only one die pair was known...

Congrats Lee. That last hole in the K12 set is a tuffy. I showed Jeff Oxman one at a FUN Show and I got two "Oh YEAHs" from him, one from the obverse and one from the reverse, and a smile from ear to ear.

Sorry, should have been clear. Not my coin. Just auction photos that I thought were interesting since some folks really like crackers. My pocketbook can't support buying this type of coin in this grade.

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This is a cracked up VAM-5.

The scratches in and outside the ear are on all examples of this obverse die that I have seen. They do get weaker and more subtle with die wear. Given the nature of the "one & done" tripled hair curls, I don't think they add anything to the description or PUPs IMHO.

Yeah, one never knows what Leroy would do in a situation like this. I do agree that higher grade examples would be better to send in, if anything is sent in at all. The obverse is the money side of the coin after all.

John, the VNA designation is a placeholder for "VAM Not Assigned". What you show for your VNA-13 example looks solid. My point was that the tripled hair curl obverse die was used with two different reverse dies. One of them is unlisted, however both reverse dies have mint mark placements that could ...

The 1892-S VAM-8 Hit List 40 coin actually was used with two different reverse dies. I guess both die marriages would be Hit List 40 coins.

Likely not mind-blowing, but the VAM-2 obverse die was married to three different reverse dies, not two as currently documented. The third use of the obverse die is pretty devoid of the doubled date, so I would surmise that it would not be listed as a Top 100 coin unlike the VAM-2 and VAM-7. Photo C...

I assume you both know the 1904-O V33A doesn't exist.

Yeah, I have seen several examples of this die pair on auction photo sites. There is a much LDS than yours out there. But that being said, you could have a die state of VAM-9. Have you stared at that one?

Dennis, the reverse die was used first in the VAM-3 die marriage, and then ended up with a new obverse die to create the die marriage you have. It looks like the reverse die was polished prior to the new marriage. Is the obverse die also polished? I have not found a VAM-3 yet with the chip at the re...

Normal date, mint mark centered & upright (within tolerance). If it was mine, I would put a VAM-1 sticker on it. The slightly slanted date might get LVA's attention, but I am not sure of his "tolerance" for this type of thing.

Lee, from my experience, folks attribute a coin as a certain VAM, enter it into the Registry, then forget about it. They do not check attributions that change over time and correct their Registry listings. Hence why red-haired step-children remain listed. I have tried to post announcements in this s...

ex-belt buckle?

The V45 Die 3 is kinda cool. As the VW page states, the obverse die is a LDS polished down version of the V45A obverse die, married with a new unclashed reverse die. The V45 Die 3 is available with enough looking. But it is cool in PL when you can find it. The 1902-O VAM-45 is obviously treated as a...

I think you have gotten the best advice you can get on this board, and the other board you posted on. Send them in to NGC and see. Why hesitate if you are convinced you are right? I hope your are right, but I doubt it. You can always shove it in our faces if we are wrong