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Valued Member
 United States
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I know it won't show up on the scan but on the headband a line runs through the are and part of the t
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
It is actually that weak that was one of the things besides the d in dollar that stands out just looking at it
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
sorry that should be a line runs through the the r and part of the t on liberty  Edited by spring423
03/21/2011 2:05 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
what is going on there with the M and E in AMERICA? does it look like something has flaked off of those areas? I do see the line you are talking about but it kind of looks like a scratch to me in the picture
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
That's just how the scan came out there is nothing wrong with the word america I think that it was the light from the scanner
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
I can honestly say as to it being cleaned not while in my possession I received this with others approx 25 yrs ago believe it or not while I was working at a service station during high school. and an older gentleman paid for gas with them. What happened to them prior to that no clue
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
If someone wants me to send the coin to them so they can look it over I have no problems doing so.
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
Not to be smart but in regards to the line or scratch it only runs through the indented aroung the letters not on the letters them selves I am no expert but definitely not a scratch
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2797 Posts |
p.s. that scratch through the 'r' and 't' of Liberty is a scratch on the die. Every coin pressed with that die has that die scratch.  |
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
thanks I also noticed what they list under VAM 70 a die brake on the branch on the right side underneath the eagle towards the end. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2797 Posts |
That's called a "disconnected leaf". It's found on most of the B1 reverses (long arrow nock) and a few others. That's why you can't let one pick-up point (PUP) be your sole determining factor. You have to match them all ... if you can't match them all then you do what our illustrious Byran1315 did ... send it off to the King of VAMs himself (Leroy Van Allen) and get yourself a "New Discovery".  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is the disconnected leaf you are talking about. Also notice the long arrow shaft where yours is short  Here are some other attributes of the VAM-70, if it doesn't have all of these attributes then you know its not a VAM-70 and can look elsewhere. If it doesn't have the long arrow shaft then its not a VAM-30 through VAM-86   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank you now I am begining to understand all this.
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
thank you everything matches up with the 195 a other then the broken die on the branch
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Posted 03/21/2011 1:55 pm
