Grease for Peace..
item location - Hong Kong, China. Has anything worth while originated from this shipping point? I highly doubt it.
I could be wrong but I believe working dies were inspected after they were produced even back in the mid 50's. No way this was unintentional. It's...
My conspiracy theorist tendency has me thinking it was deliberate to bring new blood to coin collecting......Just like the Dag Hammarskjold stamp...
I do recall the story about the cent in the cello for change but I don't recall that this was the origin of the '55 DD. Interesting....
The mint mark looks similar to VAMs-13/34 but the surface in and around the bow does not match the listings. Could be the die was reworked at some...
I'm in the die polish lines camp. I see none on the bust.
Definitely somewhere in the VAM-6 progression. Any sign of the clashed n?
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64 DMPL. I'll need to see a close up of the mint mark to offer an opinion on the VAM.
Both seem correct to me. The '79-O could have been 63 were it not for the reverse as already mentioned.
I use eZest but have never used it on a (bullion) coin with mirror surfaces. Good news is it will still be worth it's weight in silver..;)
It looks like glue or similar residue
See post #10
It looks like a VAM-18A. http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1882-O_VAM-18A
Merry Christmas all! Hope everyone has a wonderful day and most of all a great 2021!!!!:)
You had me hooked and up to the edge of the boat....:D
Too bad you don't have the napkin. I'll bet PCGS Banknote would have graded it as well.. Depending on the brand I'll bet it could pull a PPQ....:D
Just got done viewing that one.
Are the radial die cracks at 3:30 and 6:30 connected? Oh, and my guess is MS65.
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