1897-S VAM-18 Discovery coin

[keilg1]

Happy Thanksgiving to you all - and to me.

Following on the post[(url]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 later), I decided to drop the coin in a package to him.

His keen eye caught what I'd seen but didn't register as relevant. Looks like the die pair 28 @LateDateMorganGuy mentioned in his study now has a home?

97S V18 DC confirmation LVA Nov 21.JPG (68.85 KiB) Viewed 2732 times

The FCPs are in the older message, but here are Leroy's for the new page to be created.

Here's the obverse pictures:

97S V18 DC slight double 7 crossbar.JPG (72.81 KiB) Viewed 2732 times

97S V18 DC die chip 1 top.JPG (79.94 KiB) Viewed 2732 times

and

97S V18 DC PUP polish line TY.JPG (72.07 KiB) Viewed 2732 times

[keilg1]

And the reverse pictures:

97S V18 DC mm.JPG (68.02 KiB) Viewed 2731 times

97S V18 DC PUP wing-neck gap.JPG (79.44 KiB) Viewed 2731 times

Thanks again all for your help.

Can a new slot get created in SSDC, too?

[LateDateMorganGuy]

Thanks for the update. From what I can tell, this die pair is very hard to locate. Congrats.

[fogie]

You are set up on the SSDC registry!

[blh74]

Congrats on your new discovery.

[PacificWR]

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

[keilg1]

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.

[PacificWR]

The new VAM-18 page is all setup.