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The gouges next to the bow are secondary PUPs. The HUGE horizontal gouges just above the arrows in the upper tail feathers are the key diagnostic for this VAM.

With all filled letter varieties the degree of filling is incredibly important, so a photo of your coin would be exceedingly helpful.

I once bought a PCGS VF30 1903-S on eBay for less than Greysheet that had crappy photos and pretty significant toning on both sides. When it showed up in the mail it turned out, much to my surprise, to be a Micro-S. I thought it was undergraded so I sent it in for regrade, and it came back VF35. Dou...

Thank you Brent!

Now here are three more obverse polishing lines:

I will get this taken care of! (But my photo posting wiz @fogie is on the road with his laptop, so it may take a few days.)

Uncle:

Yes... YES!
Thank you VERY much!!

And boy does the attribution page need some more photos.

Lots of scribbles on this EDS-ish coin, but I can't find a match in the scribbles guide. Had to take a 2nd photo with a slightly ifferent light source angle to better show the shallow "arch" gouge indicated by the yellow arrow: 1921-D #1 scribbles1.jpg There are a few nice polishing lines on the obv...

Definitely a 44A.

John:
The three PCGS-graded Micro-O dates that are labeled 4, 5 and 3 could actually be something else, right?

Thanks Tom and John. Looks like I still need 2 of the 4... 3BQ2 and 3BQ4.

Trying hard to figure out what I have now between 4 coins, but 3BQ4 seems to be the only one I'm confident about ruling out. I have 2 coins with reverse file lines like crazy (which I had called VAM 81). Both have a diagonal line through the opening in D (along with cracks in the wreath and left rib...

Mhomei wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:37 pm

Dennis
Can you shoot the MM and UNITED and STATES please

Mitch: I hope these help. But the MM seen in photo #3 above is about as good as it gets.

weth wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:03 pm

VAM 3Gi is retired, as it is redundant with VAM 3EF
Also, VAM 81/81A have been retired and divided into four stages, VAMs 3BQ1/2/3/4

Wow... and excellent!
Have the 3BQ1-2-3-4 stages pages been created?

A PCGS MS62 1878 7/8TF attributed as VAM 44 (but is actually a 44A, and a very nice looking one IMO) sold last night for just $7,200 including buyer's premium. I emphasize "just", because the last MS62 that sold a year ago (also by Heritage) went for $19,800 and MS60s have been in the $7K-$9K range....

messydesk John: I found something else that seems significant enough to merit consideration of an attribution – gouges at the eagle's throat – especially in conjunction with the Z-shaped scribbles/polishing lines, vertical line in ear, and lines at the top cotton leaf: throat gouges.jpg leaf lines....

All three of those are profoundly difficult coins. Other than public auctions -- which can easily be years apart -- it's not an understatement to say that you might get only one chance in your life to acquire a 14.17... and ditto for a 14.19.

Bravo Chris!
Excellent buy on an excellent 1921-D VAM.

double post mistake

ChrisPaulis wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:57 pm

@DHalladay, I got this one for $140

Raw or certified?
What grade?