1853-O gold dollar. I probably paid too much, but liked the low mintage numbers. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That could be a scale issue rather than any actual problem with the weight.
Why? Surely that comes from damage to the die from use. Wouldn't there be an early stage with the other district markers but before the cheek...
I'd suggest reading about VAMs and deciding if you want to include any of the niftier ones in your set. At this point, building a set that...
How heavy are they? I don't see anything immediately obvious in any of those pictures that sets off red flags, but fakes have gotten quite...
The thing I like about VAMs (other than the coolness factor of unusual errors, clashes, and die breaks) is the very real possibility of finding a...
Is this possibly the VAM113 from before the cheek developed the fleck? Are there early stages of the die known?
Hear, hear. I especially like the high res photos at the bottom of many pages. If I'm keyed into a particularly obvious (,to me) feature, but...
Ah the nock - where the arrow fits onto the bowstring. Got it now.
I wonder how many counterfeits (especially with wear) are in the collections of the unsuspecting? And how many thousands a counterfeiter would...
With un"filtered" focus on the areas of greatest interest/delineation: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Once I put a coin into a mylar flip, I rarely take it out again. The chaos I live in (with a 3-year old who loves all things shiny and now a...
The doubled R and almost all of the date chips look like VAM113, but there's no flake on the cheek. Also, I noticed what seems to be doubling...
It looks like parallel feathers on the fletching. How do I judge the length of the nock? [ATTACH] There's also what appears to be a repunched...
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Sorry - switching between phone pics and the laptop, I seem to have gotten 2 coins mixed. I'll try again and see if I can get this right.
Anyone care to weigh in on the polishing lines in my last picture? I'd say these are raised and indicate that the die was polished - does that...
Also, did I mention die chips on both "hips" of the first 8 in the date (1881)?
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