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Stephen-P Valued Member Japan 294 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 08:32 am Hope you guys can help! I've been searching the VAM guides far and wide but with no luck... There seems to be doubling on the northern and eastern part of RIB, but I'm seeing tripling in other places. The bottom serif of E in liberty, the bottom stars, and possibly the date. The entire obverse looks like layers of devices were caked on top of each other so it's leveled out with the rim, making it look like a "high relief" or something. The wreath is way closer to RIB than other 78s I've seen, but probably because of the doubling. It has a very good strike, and it's hard to get one good picture of the doubling so I took many. Report this Post to the Staff

Stephen-P Valued Member Japan 294 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 08:35 am And I apologize for the reverse, as it has some tape residue from the album I pulled it out of. The mintmark is set high and seems to match VAM-111 I believe? If you want me to take close-ups of anywhere just let me know. Thank you so much Report this Post to the Staff
GMS5 Pillar of the Community Canada 1533 Posts	Posted 07/21/2020 3:38 pm Try VAM 21, 53, from the pic's your showing Report this Post to the Staff
Stephen-P Valued Member Japan 294 Posts	Posted 07/23/2020 01:05 am Thank you GMS5. The VAM 53 looks pretty darn close! Especially the mention of a concave obverse die, which appears to be the case here. I took a closer look at the reverse and it doesn't have the doubling of the wreath or the die scratches in the wings. It does have a prominent die scratch that goes SE behind the bow however, which I can't seem to match with other reverses. The obverse does have concavity and doubling in "Liberty" as per VAM53, but also doubling in the date, motto, chin, and nose as well. Report this Post to the Staff
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