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<p>[QUOTE="mikem2000, post: 1663448, member: 30574"]I really hate to be the downer in this group, but I am fairly certain the coin is not legit, it could possibly be an added mintmark.</p><p>I took the OP pic and blew it up 4x. The pics are blurry so there is a chance I am wrong, but when I blew it up I noticed the second C in the MM was a bit higher than the first. In addition the first one looked a bit too narrow in the open space of the C</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only a total of 6 VAM's for the 81 CC and out of the 6 there is only 3 reverses used. None of the MM's on the reverse's seemed to match</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the pic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I drew two lines, one across the top of the CC and one across the bottom. Notice where they cross the two L's since one of the C's is noticeably higher</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]245971.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is a picture of a known VAM 6 which has a Reverse 3Cb. They really aren't even close. This of course is just one of the 3 reverses, but I looked at the other two and they are equally not similar. As I said in the beginning, the blurry pic MAY be making the analysis less than accurate, but I don't think so, you can be the judge.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]245972.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikem2000, post: 1663448, member: 30574"]I really hate to be the downer in this group, but I am fairly certain the coin is not legit, it could possibly be an added mintmark. I took the OP pic and blew it up 4x. The pics are blurry so there is a chance I am wrong, but when I blew it up I noticed the second C in the MM was a bit higher than the first. In addition the first one looked a bit too narrow in the open space of the C There are only a total of 6 VAM's for the 81 CC and out of the 6 there is only 3 reverses used. None of the MM's on the reverse's seemed to match Here is the pic. I drew two lines, one across the top of the CC and one across the bottom. Notice where they cross the two L's since one of the C's is noticeably higher [ATTACH]245971.vB[/ATTACH] Now here is a picture of a known VAM 6 which has a Reverse 3Cb. They really aren't even close. This of course is just one of the 3 reverses, but I looked at the other two and they are equally not similar. As I said in the beginning, the blurry pic MAY be making the analysis less than accurate, but I don't think so, you can be the judge. [ATTACH]245972.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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