That seems likely. Not sure if the mintmark is a match though. And mine appears to have had a bump on the 1. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Loved this post. Nominated for a featured article! And now I have something else to keep an eye out for when digging through "junk" bins.
Sorry. Too long staring at the VAM guides and trying to nail down the often minor differences / unclear indicators.
I'm certainly no expert on these, but something about that looks like a modern fake to me. "Imitation" is often a synonym for "contemporary...
Sorry, brainslip. That year has an overdate variety known at both the Philadelphia and *New Orleans* mint. Since the Denver mint didn't start...
I'm leaning towards VAM-19 due to the clash in the denticles below the date. I'm not sure if the other diagnostics match though. What do you...
I think they were. I read an article about her work on those, but it was undated. Helps to know chronology when you're trying to figure out...
Ignore that last pic. Mint mark from the wrong coin.
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I expected the 80/79 VAM to be visible to the naked eye, but it seems like this one is a lot more subtle than I expected. Do you think this is the...
Also, as no one has mentioned it yet, I think they add an interesting feature to your already beautiful piece.
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Yeah, the obverse on these sometimes looks more like a washerwoman than my feminine ideal. [ATTACH]
Anyone have pieces from the Egyptian Gods series? These 2 troy oz .999 fine silver medals have some pretty high relief and are pretty pieces. Now...
Yeah, I'm trying to determine if that's a bagmark hit or something that happened to the die pre-strike (or both). This year has an O/S variety...
Any idea what's going on on the mintmark here? It almost disappears from certain angles. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's amazing to see which elements were copied and how they changed over time. Kind of like seeing the art through a proto-British barbarian...
Waiting on a tax return & settlement check to splurge a bit...
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