Look at the rest of the coin, not the mint mark, and it'll be easy to tell which came first. Look at die wear, die cracks, polishing, sharpness...
The pictured coin has three strong letters of LIBERTY and 4 weak ones. Unfortunately, it also has scratches from a nasty attempt to re-outline...
That's usually the way clashes work, unless one die is significantly softer than the other one. This particular variety is a "counter-clash",...
Looks like VAM 50A. Popular, but not all that rare.
Are you going to be at the ANA show in August?
The mint is fully capable of making these as they were over 100 years ago, when they looked better. Instead of a proper reducing machine giving...
This is a coin that should be seen in person by someone who knows the series before submitting to a TPG. It could save you a ton of money and time.
I didn't see this thread the first time around, I guess. The known authentic 1928 die pairs are well-documented on VAMWorld. The mess in the...
Melt is $460. $500 may have been an impressive going rate when gold was under $400/oz. in 2000, but not so much right now.
The High Jump dollar is one that has gently cancelled dies available, no?
Real. The storage environment wasn't kind to it, but it doesn't look trashed. Can't tell from the pictures if it would grade, but it's not worth...
You need both sides to be cameo before you'll get the designation. A one-sided cameo is the sort of thing that would get a star at NGC.
Grading proofs from pictures is a fool's errand, but I'll play. PR64. Color designation could be anything. PCI slabs are well known to turn...
Not as nice as the 1853. 64BN.
65BN. Very nice!
Great variety! XF45 is a bit of a head scratcher from here, but I still like it.
I think I'm seeing image resizing artifacts (looks like a grid) that make it tricky to read fine details in the surface. Nevertheless, it looks...
I'll give it a sticker. [IMG]
Different lighting will mess with perception of mint mark position. Also, on a LDS coin, die wear will cause the design elements to spread out a...
I have samples of all but the EDS VAM 4. I will try to remember to bring my EDS and LDS VAMs 3 and 5 with me to a show you're at (ANA? FUN?)....
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