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I would label this as VAM 1F1 EDS, noting that the breaks aren't yet fully formed.

Looks interesting, but I'd want to see additional examples before consenting to a certification Intriguing, indeed. I would call the exact coin pictured FS-501, since it's the coin in the book, but I would be reluctant to call anything else in low grade FS-501 unless I could get a good look at the ...

fogie wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:41 am

So be it! We ship on the morrow!

Only if you ride at dawn.

Indeed, congratulations are in order. PCGS seems to be ramping up variety attribution. They're also going to start recognizing Shield nickel varieties from the 1994 Fletcher book (good luck finding one) and John Dannreuther's proof nickel coinage book. Hopefully, they're not biting off more than the...

When coins from multiple people need to be compared, it's best to coordinate submissions so that the coins in question arrive at roughly the same time.

iwillbenice wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:04 pm

Revisions and others for the 1890 S Morgans?

32 changes to the database for 1890-S total. 27 were last week.

Looks like the discoverer is Bob Griffin, April 2010.

Just received the coin back from PCGS. Stunned that they graded it VF25. :shock: Hammered stuff is usually very unevenly struck. As such, they need to look at the best struck part of the coin to determine the extent of the wear, which tends to be even unless the coin has been bent. So did they put ...

No Morgan dollars, but their first attempt at a silver dollar (1846) should be in there.

I just entered the 500th update to the VAM catalog since I started doing this last year. An update is the addition, deletion, revision, or renumbering of a VAM. Renumbering actually counts as two, since the former number is deleted (part of the database design). If you want to follow along at home, ...

Anyone else have anything that resembles this or something later? This one is the latest die stage I've seen, but depending on the light, you can still see the top of the D and the horn. I think I want to reserve 1N4 for the die chunk being further gone such that there's no gray area, especially in ...

And if you had all 5 (7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D), now you're missing 4.

The obverse rims look pretty fat and the letters LI and Y look weakly struck. It also looks like you're missing flow lines on the left obverse just inside the rim. There's no real reason a tapered planchet has to be evenly tapered on both sides. The obverse side could have been nice and flat, while ...

Not sure how a tapered planchet would give a strong strike on one side and a weak strike on the other. I also haven't seen a coin struck through schmutz that looks like this. Does AMER in AMERICA have any of that grease-filled look to it? Agree that the weight would be good to know.

There are 8 die stages documented for that one, and they're grouped into the 3 official VAM stages here.

Looks like VAM 10. The clash isn't strong enough to be listed unless I can get a clear photo of lettering being transferred from one side to the other.

If there's nothing listable that's clear enough to make a photo from which other coins can be attributed, I'd call it VAM 1.

May I post these pics to the V13 page? Based on what I see, these are PCGS CoinFacts images. They're rather territorial about their images showing up in online references. They may not have anticipated small "excerpts" of their images being shown and may be OK with it, but we'd have to get permissi...

There are a few 84-S's on their way across my desk. If a new 84-S page shows up, you'll know why.

Interesting. One that escaped the re-engraving department.