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 Posted 09/24/2010  2:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add twohawks to your friends list
I am not sure of this one as far as what VAM it is. As it is a repaired or reworked die, I think I need to ID it before it go's in. This will end up as a Vam-? a or b I would think.
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 Posted 09/24/2010  10:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgans Dad to your friends list
I have tried to attribute this coin to no avail........HELP!
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 Posted 09/24/2010  10:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add twohawks to your friends list
I have it as a Vam-31 very early die state doubled date 1880 and a centered mm tilted left
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 Posted 09/24/2010  11:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgans Dad to your friends list
I will and should of said, 'from your pictures'.
I mean I could not make out the date that well ( dbld ) and the mm looks OK to me from the pictures....Bottom line, you feel you have it nailed down, will you still send it to LVA?
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 Posted 09/24/2010  11:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zeewool to your friends list

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Looks like a '78S or a '21, not an 1880.


I don't know what the rationale is for that is other than just raw experience, but I might come to the same conclusion for a different reason. (To me, this looks to have been accomplished by hand rather than polishing plate).
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 Posted 09/25/2010  12:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add twohawks to your friends list
The photos do not show the depth of the lines on this one. The lines are in the die and are raised as well as terminate in strait lines into the devices. The reverse die is PL and reflects over 9 in. Readable too 7 in. with no cartwheels.

I plan too send it in it will most likely be labeled a Vam-31a. Polishing lines this strong are often listed.
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 Posted 09/25/2010  01:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zeewool to your friends list

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The lines are in the die and are raised as well as terminate in strait lines into the devices.


Yeah, it is those features that cause me to think as I do.

Good luck with a revision Russ.
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 Posted 09/25/2010  07:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list

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Looks like a '78S or a '21, not an 1880


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I don't know what the rationale is for that is other than just raw experience

Here is a 1921 example,This used to be a VAM-1A but has now been renamed the VAM-41B. It was hard to see the lines in these photo's because the coin is in a case but if you look on VAMworld you will see pictures I had taken a couple years ago (the pictures with the yellow tint)of this same coin, just look for VAM-41B instead of 1A now

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 Posted 09/25/2010  08:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ceylon62 to your friends list
That's some serious polishing lines. Very nice.

Can you see it without any magnification? I somewhat see it (right side - full reverse view). The glare is messing me up.

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 Posted 09/25/2010  09:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgans Dad to your friends list
I believe I also see the classic Morgan rusted die foot prints on this coin..........
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 Posted 09/25/2010  10:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list
if you are asking about the 1921 yes you can definitely see them without magnification and looks harshly cleaned. The 1921 definitely has pitted die on the reverse around the bow and leaves. here are my pictures from a few years ago on VAMworld of this same coin
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 Posted 09/25/2010  6:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ceylon62 to your friends list
Bryan, yours I can see it and was referring to Russ's coin.

I do like the pitting on your coin.

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 Posted 10/21/2010  01:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list
I found the original thread where I first asked about my 1921 Morgan above when I first started in the VAM world. In the pictures you can really see the polish lined better http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...OPIC_ID=4839
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 Posted 10/31/2010  7:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add twohawks to your friends list
I just got this one back as well as an 1899 O. This is not the vam-31 but a VAM 70. Leroy stated it was just a EDS of the 70, the polishing marks are on the 70 with a slightly different doubling of the (zero). It's a PL coin so that makes sense.

The 1899 O is a new listing as a Vam-7b
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 Posted 10/31/2010  8:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list
cool, congrats on the new listing
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