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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2500558, member: 1765&quot;]OK, here are the pictures.&nbsp; Left side is the VAM 3 EDS coin, right side the normal VAM 3.&nbsp; Click for larger views.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, the mint mark, but that isn&#039;t the primary focus of this image.&nbsp; The arrow is pointing to the tip of the ribbon where it meets the knot.&nbsp; On the EDS coin, this comes to a more distinct point, while on the other, the point has been blurred a bit by die wear.&nbsp; The unfortunate hit on the ribbon makes this a little hard to see.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530378[/ATTACH] </p><p>Since the best place to look for die wear is far from the center of the coin, I took a look at the wreath to find leaf tips that showed die wear.&nbsp; This one is opposite the R in AMERICA.&nbsp; The indistinct leaf tip on the EDS coin is almost gone on the other. [ATTACH=full]530379[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>Now for the obverse.&nbsp; Most Morgan dollars show some sort of polishing lines in LIBERTY that are good fingerprints for the die.&nbsp; In later die stages, they start to disappear, since they aren&#039;t terribly strong in the first place.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530380[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The last one is probably the hardest to see.&nbsp; This is on the eagle&#039;s right wing (viewer&#039;s left).&nbsp; The three dots I point to are just for orienting your view on the two coins.&nbsp; What I&#039;m really trying to show is the flow lines in the die around and through these dots oriented toward the NW that develop as the die wears.&nbsp; Note, also, that there is an even smaller dot on top of the middle dot that is wiped out by a flow line in the later die state.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530381[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other coin I could have shown had I had one available is the VAM 3A, which is the later die state with a die clash.&nbsp; This would have shown more dramatic differences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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