let me set this up correctly before I launch into pictures.
i claimed dibs on this coin almost two weeks ago. this is how it was listed:
no picture accompanying that, but if I wanted to see it & if I would have asked, the seller would have gladly sent pix. I didn't need to see it before buying it. I claimed it, got it, and bought it, sight-unseen. no problem.
after getting the news that I had acquired it, my mind locked on:
'oh boy, a cool VAM is coming!' I was pretty excited about being able to potentially attribute a new coin. hunting down it's
VAM became fixed in my head as I eagerly awaited it's arrival. the thought of a new coin to study sent me into orbit.
after about ten days I finally managed a trip to the post office to fetch it & bring it home. this is the flip it was in:
i felt like someone shot my balloon with a pellet gun. I didn't want to be told what it's
VAM is, I wanted to figure it out myself. there it is on the tag. VAM-41, 7/7 tf. when I read that I was kind of let down that I was apparently not going to get to figure out it's
VAM, but seeing the '7/7' stoked me. so I opened it up & got the coin out to study it. because it was listed as 'strong variety' I was anticipating seeing at least 4 feathers.
i counted the tail feathers first thing. 5. I see only 5 tail feathers, not 7.
i went to the VAMworld listing to re-examine VAM-41. I had been perusing the 7/8 tf varieties in the week before I fetched the coin, so I wasn't going in cold, I had been priming my brain that week, reading about all of the 7/8 tf varieties. I read & studied every listing in the 7/8 section.
the one that most resembled my coin is VAM-38. according to the listing,
"The VAM-38 can be quickly identified by the over polished area separating the eagle's leg & wing along w/ five remaining tips of the 8TF reverse under the reimpressed 7 tail feathers. The tips are located between tail feathers 2 & 3, 3 & 4, 4 & 5, & under feathers 5 & 6."and,
"Obverse II/I 9- Doubled LIBERTY with shift to left; largest shift of this kind known. All letters in E PLURIBUS UNUM and all left and right stars doubled. Doubled date with 1 doubled on both sides of shaft, first 8 doubled at top outside and inside right of upper loop, 7 doubled on right, second 8 doubled on inside right of upper loop.
Reverse B/Ah-Five tail feather ends showing; between 2 and 3, 3 and 4, 4 and 5, and under 5 and 6 TF. Design remains in leaves of branch, below branch on left, and around wreath bow. Eagle's right wing separated from leg due to over polishing."I've already posted pix of the tail feathers and LIBERTY from my coin, up above in the thread, and now i'll post pix of all the other attributes, starting with the over-polished feather on the reverse:
there it is (or, isn't)..
is there doubling of all those other elements, like the date?
i would say so. neat little die chip between the right outer loops of the last 8.
doubling on all the stars?
(starting with the star at the neck V, going clockwise up the left side to the E)
the fifth star looks like it could be tripled.
all of those stars are exhibiting some degree of doubling.
by the way, there are cool die cracks around the obverse & reverse, you'll see them running thru the letters, numbers & stars, faintly in some places.
i am out of time for now, I have to make dinner & prepare for my nightly ride. it's 11:30ish pm as I peck away at this. I'm needing fuel.
more coming soon.
lots more pictures to share.
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Posted 08/22/2023 8:10 pm
