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roamerlabrador New Member United States 31 Posts	Posted 10/24/2015 8:54 pm I purchased an 8TF that from the wing feathers and other markings is a VAM-17, although on this coin the A-M-E-R letters are strongly doubled at the top, which I have not seen on other photos of a VAM-17. Unfortunately I am not able to take a photo that is better than this one from the seller. Does anyone have any recommendations on this one? Thanks --Rick Report this Post to the Staff

dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 10/28/2015 03:58 am My guess would be Machine Doubling as none of the VAMs using this die mention doubling. Report this Post to the Staff
roamerlabrador New Member United States 31 Posts	Posted 11/01/2015 11:25 pm Thanks Dave, I do not yet have any experience with Machine Doubling; does this tend to produce a one-off coin, or several of them? I will try to take a better photo of this coin. --Rick Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 11/06/2015 11:38 pm Many/ possibly the majority of the 78 series is load with doubling, and in some cases these are not the prominent features which it attributes it to the VAM 17 or any other given VAM, though many have it listed many don't tell you every thing that is doubled ect... often times in the discussion forums things like that may be mentioned.. but its the main points within the listing which determine the pick up points that lead you to a determination of a general VAM unless there are die state progressions which have more points of interest indicating VAM a/b/c ect.. G Report this Post to the Staff
roamerlabrador New Member United States 31 Posts	Posted 01/23/2016 1:09 pm Thanks aladinslamp (I have been offline for quite awhile once again.) It seems that none of the VAM-17 photos at Coinfacts have this doubling, but this VAM-17 that I recently saw at Heritage did. Report this Post to the Staff
TTcoins Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 11:24 am That's quite an incredible coin; I see that it's in a holder! Would you mind letting us know the grade? Report this Post to the Staff
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