Early Die State Late Die State Leroy Van Allen supplies yearly updates to the "VAM Book". Don't know the exact count, but I think the last...
Because you took such an excellent close-up image, I'm pretty sure it's LDS. The EDS version doesn't go completely across on the top of 'S'....
The EDS versions on of the 82-O O/S are currently the most desirable. I find it difficult to distinguish some of the EDS versions. The O/S...
I'm trying to get all of the 1878-P broken N & M varieties. I have VAMs 31, 110, 145, and 162. Need VAMs 40 and 200.
Thanks CrustyCoins. I hold my compact digital camera up to a stereo microscope. [IMG]
A few VAMs I recently photographed.... 1886-P VAM 9 [IMG] 1924-P VAM 1A [IMG] 1921-P VAM 3B2 [IMG] 1883-P VAM 4 [IMG]...
Not sure this will help. It's a comparison image of your coin and an 1885-O VAM 4. The VAM 4 is the only 85-O variety with a spike above the...
Really? That would be great... especially in a nice grade like your coin appears. It does seem to be an exact match to a VAM 4 however. John...
I don't think PCGS would put a VAM designation on this coin. Currently they do not attribute ANY 1885-O's. Not even sure I can guess on the...
I fixed my earlier post. VAM 35 shares the same OBVERSE with those other two VAMs. I think v35 is the only C3n reverse. Leroy Van Allen...
I can't see date doubling in the image either. It's very slight on VAM 35. I'm not convinced on VAM 35. Just a guess. The reverse does seem to...
Yes, large S tilted very far to left. You can get the full description here. It shares the same reverse as VAMs 57 and 66, so those are...
Looking at that mint mark, my first guess would be VAM 35. Unfortunately I don't see any images to compare online. There's an image in the VAM...
Thanks for the comments! I wish. Liberty's profile is slightly doubled and there's clashing in the lip area. I had to Google SEM :o I just...
Picked these up yesterday... 1921-P VAM 8 - dot on reverse [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] 1904-O VAM 2A - clashed G [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Graded PCGS XF40 PCGS online status shows the 1900-O 29A graded XF40 today.
99.99% of the time I use acetone in a sealed glass jar, and then rinse in fresh acetone after soaking. Once in a while on a mint state coin with...
It wasn't noticeable at all. Didn't even see the obverse gouges until the next day. They reverse was blast white and nicely struck. The obverse...
Found this yesterday in a junk box at a coin booth in an antique shop. It's a 1921-P VAM 3I "Meteor Shower". [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Thanks again for all of the feedback. That day went pretty well. The 1900-O 29A was my best pick, but I actually bought several out of the bulk...
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