VAMWorld 2.0

Makes sense! Thanks for the input! I wish I had more time to spend on this purely educational site! You guys are good hearted in regards to research and sharing information! I have learned quite a bit from this team! Mahalo and Mele Kalikimaka! So much to learn, for sure. Almost all of it subjectiv...

Over 50 views and no replies. Either I've stumped you - which I highly doubt; you're overwhelmed with higher priority stuff - which is likely; or you've taken my request to the extreme and this is a blindingly obvious PUP that everyone knows so no one is saying a word because nary a word needs to be...

Based on LVA's response and @blh74's contribution, is it possible to get a slot for die #3 in the SSDC register? Don't see one and want to register mine.

Thanks all,

Gary

As far as I can tell, this beautiful little PUP is not part of the official listing, but I find it fascinating. Well, to be fair, LVA did say it was but in a catch-all way. Why do I like this so much? Just look at it? Perhaps it isn't as defined (and useful) as the foot of a real chicken, but it doe...

Kurt28 , Stunning knives - wow! Well done and what a treasure to have. I'm sure your family were moved by the gesture and the quality of what you produced. Thanks for sharing and for chatting with me in years past. Folks like you, Bert ( blh74 ), and many more keep me hopeful there will be a future...

Most of the 3’s from 1883 show what appears to be a punch issue. Pics of RTY, ear and wing-neck gap would help ID Thanks for the reply, raynat3 . I'd hate, though, to post blank pictures. I've triple checked - RTY completely clean (well, minus dirt and rust spots); ear only has wax/dirt, no scratch...

Based on the recent announcement that LVA’s role in the hobby is transitioning, and having his explicit approval, I’m honored to share the following story for you to learn a bit more about the man, his lovely partner, and how the man who gave so much of his time and life to us was moved by an unusua...

Hard life for sure and not pretty, not rare, and raw, but one I'd like to put to rest and I'm failing. Remnants of a clash under the chins of lady Liberty (shown) and the eagle (not shown), but no letter transfer obv or rev that I can tell. Dash 8 is very light, kinda fitting the VAM-30 description ...

Rather pretty lady you have there. Beats my PCGS 63, but I'm happy to have my little lassie...

Gary

i have not studied vam 3 reverses enough to prove one way or the other but could any of these be different stages of the other with a different polishing line at trust? ie-a similar polishing scratch due to a repeating phenomena? could the original polishing line have been polished off, or worn off...

Thought this picture might help as it was what Leroy and I chatted about and he verified the placements:

PacificWR wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:09 am

Congrats on your new DC. Do you need help setting up the new page?

Thanks, and yes please!

Thanks again to the wonderful crew here for helping. The blob on the 1 was what attracted my eye at the start - funny how the minor things can lead us to see more than we think there if we just look.

And the reverse pictures:

Thanks again all for your help.

Can a new slot get created in SSDC, too?

Happy Thanksgiving to you all - and to me. Following on the post[(url]http://www.vamworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5628&p=47980&hilit=1897#p47980[/url]) that was helped by messydesk , fogie , madbirder and others, and having some other stuff Leroy and I were chatting about (more on that OT late...

Nice and thanks for sharing. Being raised in Wyoming and having multiple family members in Colorado, I'm particularly fond of the Front Range Coin Club and all the great people in the northeast corner of the state... Ah, the starting line of tornado alley... spectacular summertime storms, wintertime...

vamsterdam wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:21 pm

@keilg1 there are sewing classes available.

Hee... and oops. #damnautocorrect

Update: Confirmed by LVA as a Die #3.


The webpage says "Die 3 should become a revision of Die 1." but I no longer think this true? Perhaps some die #3s lose the line as the die ages?

The combination of a doubled die and machine doubling is best seen on the E you show above. 8TF reverses are full of doubling, and to describe it all would introduce too much noise into the description, especially on VAM 8, where there are easily identified pickups. This would make it more difficul...

fogie wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:54 pm

Strike doubling.

Thanks @fogie, as suspected.

But this is both strike and die doubling not just strike, right?

Like to welcome you in as well. I'll also hesitate to suggest which one you might have believing that 'teaching you to fish' will bring you more joy in the long run. You'll pick up the lingo, the method and the nuances (PUPs vs PMD, etc.) and other fun in short time if you keep at it and keep learni...