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Valued Member
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Yall I'm trying to get the pics up but whoever picked that insane free optimizer, it's not user friendly!
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Valued Member
United States
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This is the best I could do.   Edited by MissyLynn
01/20/2022 2:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I understand about the optimizer —— I had trouble for years trying to figure it out, too! As far as a VAM goes on your coin I can't determine which it is. As far as a grade goes I'm somewhere between XF and AU. Not rare enough to justify a "professional" conservation in my opinion. If it were mine I'd dip it in the magical blue pool for a few seconds and rinse it off. It is what it is. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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Any suggestions on how to get a better idea on the VAM? I've been to VAM World and I'm still going down the list. And how do I get that black stuff off? Edited by MissyLynn
01/20/2022 4:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You can try an acetone soak, but don't set your hopes too high.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I tried to do something with the pics you just recently uploaded but cannot make out anything, just a bit too fuzzy still. When you go to the 1921 S VAM's page, check the four things I have arrows beside first, they are some of the easier ways to possibly narrow it down. The die crack guide, the thornheads, the clashed dies and the bean bottom S. After those, it's just picking it apart. Hopefully, with coin in hand, you can do better at seeing these attributes. LINK http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.c.../1921-S_VAMs -makecents-
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Valued Member
United States
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Bean Bag S is out. There seems to be Polish around the left wreath. I'll try to get pics up later. Oh and the black stuff did not come off and I read up on the blue stuff...I have not tried it and I won't as I hate harsh chemicals. Also the acetone...well what I saw said no longer than 5 seconds. I'd be one to get distracted.
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01/21/2022 04:22 am
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Valued Member
United States
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OK so I haven't made any progress on this VAM. With the numerous VAMS this one seems to have, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I did decide to play with the camera and see what would happen when I reduce the file size when transferring to the phone. I think it's worse. But does anyone use anything other than that horrible image optimizer? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know it's kind of archaic but I use "paint".
-makecents-
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Valued Member
United States
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What do you mean by paint?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What do you mean by paint? I use a laptop, when doing my searching and compiling of pics and it's software that I think is still on most hardware products, could be wrong about that though, I'm a little archaic too.  Here is a screenshot, if you can make it out, that shows you how to get to it. I've numbered the steps, 1 through 4, as how to open "paint". Just play around with it and see what all you can do.  -makecents-
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Valued Member
United States
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Ah now I know what you mean. My phone does not have it. My laptop does. I'm gonna try and post better pics.
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01/27/2022 03:22 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Trying this again. I'm stumped.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The pics are better but still out of focus, especially the lower half, maybe your camera or phone was not level. Did my best with these but still came up empty, sorry. Maybe someone else can see something I am not seeing.
-makecents-
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