It's post-mint damage. You can see that whatever made the indentations on the reverse left raised areas on the obverse. Chris
In case you didn't know, Jackie Gleason played his own trick shots in the movie, but all of Paul Newman's trick shots were performed by Willie...
It's too bad we don't live near one another because it is for sale. Chris
Rick said he's buying! Chris:woot: [ATTACH]
Look on the edge. If you see a line of copper, then it is clad. Chris
From your photo, I can't tell if the post broke off the die or if the mintmark was slightly smashed in circulation. Chris
I don't give a rat's behind what you THINK you know. What I DO know is that I called about two dozen refiners in the AL/FL/GA region and asked...
Yeah, there were so many posts going up that I missed it. Chris
.........and a scratch on the die would produce raised metal on the coin. Chris
That would be cool if you could train them to infiltrate Ft. Knox, and every few days return to go to the bathroom. Chris
I was thinking of the Octagonal Pan Pac G$50 myself, but I'd also try to buy an interest in Parker Schnabel's mining operation. Chris
No one can ever be 100% sure what a coin may be worth. Even if a valuable coin is listed at auction, if there are no bidders competing for it, it...
Wait for John @messydesk to respond. I trust his opinion. Do not send it to PCGS. They do not attribute all VAM's. Chris PS. When is the Whitman...
PCGS probably won't attribute the coin. They don't attribute the majority of VAM's. Chris
Posting photos over there is a real pain in the butt. Since it is Wiki-based, you have to be VERY careful to create a unique name for each photo...
Jim is correct about the info contained in the "Bible" as most VAMpires call the Van Allen/Mallis book. The only thing you must realize is that...
Nice pick-up on the horizontal mark between the loops of the first "8". On second thought, maybe he should send it to LVA for authentication. It's...
Okay! Now that we've pretty much covered the characteristics of die cracks, the next phase of your Morgan training;);) should be how to identify...
All Morgan dollars are VAM's. Even a normal strike is a VAM, but you would be wasting money sending this to Leroy Van Allen for authentication. He...
Since there is more than one person responding in this thread, it would be nice if everybody used the "+Quote" or "Reply" buttons to identify the...
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