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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 25847914, member: 1765&quot;]1897 is a date that has been under-studied with respect to VAMs.&nbsp; The mintage is too large for the number of VAMs cataloged.&nbsp; This means that there are likely many more die pairs that need to be cataloged.&nbsp; This usually happens when someone takes it upon themselves to study a particular date closely, doing a &quot;die study,&quot; trying to find every die pair that was made and tracking dies shared among multiple die pairs. This hasn&#039;t been done yet for 1897.</p><p><br /></p><p>For your coin, start with the date position.&nbsp; It&#039;s in the normal lateral position.&nbsp; If it&#039;s not a match for one of those cataloged with a normal date position, it&#039;s probably unlisted.&nbsp; The 1 is intriguing with what looks like tripling or quadrupling, but that&#039;s unusual for a date punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line is that I might list it as a new VAM, but I would have to see it in hand first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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