VAMWorld 2.0

Michael Fey now has the rights to the VAM book, but the issue is as Alan says. Permission was never granted to reproduce those photos here.

So one of the questions this begs is what causes a clash. Not the simple "no planchet between the dies" answer, but more of a root cause analysis. I can come up with four, and they're fairly straightforward. Dies come together during setup before the coin is intended to be struck. Dies come together...

Yeah, that's a genuine "you suck" moment. Congrats!

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DHalladay wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:21 pm

John:
Just sent you 18 coins this morning.

Thanks! That should fill out the order, I think.

I have received all the coins in question. Will probably eliminate VAM 1BR and re-specify 13, 13A, and 13B.

Larry Briggs sold SEGS and is no longer involved with the company as far as I know. CACG's grading fees are in line with PCGS and NGC.

They're quite common for those dates. Cracked planchets can also be a result of a vein of impurities in the strip. Depending on size and how they're oriented within the strip they can manifest as laminations, cracked planchets, clamshells, or blowholes.

This has been moved back to the "Official Listing" section.

Wondering if they didn't think it was late enough die stage. I would contact them to see if they forgot. It may take a while, but should eventually get you an explanation.

I take it from the 0 obverses for nickels that these numbers do not include proof dies.

Struck through grease.

It's too minor to warrant revising the listing to include it. Die chips on the rim are usually not noticed or ignored until they start encroaching on the denticles. Being on the rim, they're also susceptible to being worn away on AU coins.

What kind of shape are the reeds in? If the coin suffered a rim deformation, you might see it there. Hard to make the call on this being a cud, this coin being in a rather advanced state of decrepitude, although I can see what the seller wants to call a cud. If you paid junk box money, there's reall...

I have 4 with the spiked beak; 1921-S VAM-1BR ANACS55 details AOH. RhinoBird no slash thru God. 1921-S VAM-13A PCGS62 Self attributed. RhinoBird no slash thru God. 1921-S VAM-13 ANACS61 AOH. RhinoBird with slash thru God. 1921-S VAM-13B NGC63 Discovery. (Attribution by LVA). RhinoBird with slash th...

While it's too bad you can't average the 43 and 45 into a 44, they're both decent varieties.

I noticed this morning that VAM 1E is now VAM 30A, I tried to change them to VAM 30A but there isn't a listing for VAM 30A only VAM 30. Can someone correct this please. Thanks, Mike That was fast. I assume you're referring to changing coins in the SSDC Registry. Brent can take care of this ( fogie ...

I'd have to see the coins in hand to make that call. There seem to be similarities. Does yours have the spike on the beak mentioned for VAM 13B?

Interesting. I would think that if they were being instructed to coin something other than Morgan dollars (i.e., billon pesos), the word "dollars" would have been strictly avoided. It looks like close to 1.5M pesos dated 1897-A were made in Philadelphia from 1897-99. The records of delivery of 1899 ...

Try a low, raking light for the scribble zone to see if anything becomes visible.