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Pillar of the Community
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4th right broken star. PMD? Thanks   |
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1878-S, right? The broken 4th star is a pretty common feature, from the hub rather than the die. It's found on many different VAMs.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Dave. I just wasn't sure if it was PMD or not. Actually it's an 1878-P. Found it on Vamworld as one of the anomolies listed for a VAM-166. |
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Yeah, there are a *few* Philadelphia varieties from that hub; just not as commonplace as the S-mint ones. I stabbed and missed.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have a 78-P with the same broken star. It used to be one number and they changed it to something else, I will have to look it up
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Bedrock of the Community
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ok mine was a VAM-132 but now they say 132 may not exist and they changed the ones that were attributed as 132 to 190 but the 78P has a polished nostril yours doesn't have. Here is a picture of my VAM-190   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Bryan. That's a nice looking coin. Took a look at the VAM-190 and the broken star is listed. I find it interesting that your broken star is different from mine and the broken stars they show for the VAM-190 and VAM-166 are not identical to either of our's. The only commonality seems to be it's the 4th right. As Dave indicated, guess they're all over the place.
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Pillar of the Community
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honestly I can't see it as 1878-P VAM 166 I would like to see the reverse as well... |
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's the reverse Aladin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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examining pictures on VW, it should be noted the the broken 4th star you have is not the same as VAM 166 listing  note also the you has a spike from the doubling of the you and the are is also doubled, and yours are not  the REV picture confirms that your are in trust is not broken, and VAM 166 has the broken R  and although its not VAM 166 I'm sure we can get it figured out in fact check out VAM 197,,,,I think its a winner..... |
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Lemme throw VAM-197 at you, Sidekick. Pay particular attention to the reverse die cracking.
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Pillar of the Community
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though the OBV is also the same for,,i think VAM 134, its the REV that locks this VAM..."note" the die cracks in "E-D" united and states...and the missing feather are a perfect match... |
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Heh. We posted one minute apart. You win that one. |
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Pillar of the Community
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 no biggie, its the fun of helping identify |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks guys. Ima have to get some higher res pics so I can be more sure of what I'm looking at. Meanwhile, something I noticed that seems outta whack is the second "t" in trust. It seems to be raised up, that is the top and bottom are not in line horizontally with the rest of the word. Yes I can see the die cracks in the E D and they seem to follow through to the wing and there seem to be more following along the top of "states of".
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Pillar of the Community
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Here are the cracks you were mentioning across "ED". It also has them extending across the words "states of" as they mention on VM. There are some other characteristics they show that aren't on my coin as far as I can tell, like the die polish lines by the bow, the crack from the bust point to the first left star. Not sure about the doubled you and are they talk about. Is that what I have in this photo? Can't really tell. Even lacking some of the errors they list, does this still make it a VAM-197 or do I need all?   |
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Posted 12/18/2010 5:59 pm
