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I was lucky enough to see one of the 83-O BMPs at a show long ago. It looked like a proof to me.

Have you compared your coin to those in the D2 die crack break guide yet?
The ES_O portion looks quite similar to VAMs 53 and 71.

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compu ... reak_Guide

vampicker wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:05 pm

Yeah, I also don't have this. Or the 'development' tab on the navigation pane.

Think we just got an image of a work in progress that we should say thank you for in advance.

Oops. I think I need to get a cat back into a bag.

VamHelsing wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:00 pm

There is no price guide for Peace in the SSDC listings.

I must have a special access then:

Greysheet.
Heritage archives.
Great Collections archives.
SSDC Price Guide (if you're a member).

PM sent.
Nice result on your first scribbles shot!

Great photos!

There's also plenty of room on that label to make the serial number a couple of point sizes bigger for easier reading.

Speaking of... what's with the goofy gap preceeding the last two digits in the serial number shown above?

What holder did it cross from?

On second look, I no longer think the 64 and the 64+ are the same coin. Instead I recall an 64+ being incorrectly attributed as a vam 6C, when it was actually a common 6A. It is probably now in a 6A holder and removed from the 6C pops. That is an excellent possibility! I only record sales as they a...

Excellent detective work... and congratulations on a neat find!

How's this for wild, crazy and inconsistent? 1880-O 6C 64+ PCGS Dec-17 H $3,120 1880-O 6C 64 PCGS Dec-14 H $3,525 1880-O 6C 63 PCGS Nov-17 H $360 1880-O 6C 62 PCGS Apr-13 E $1,800 1880-O 6C 62 PCGS Mar-21 E $450 1880-O 6C 62 PCGS Feb-22 E $350 1880-O 6C 62 PCGS May-20 E $280 1880-O 6C 62 ANACS Jan-2...

OMG! OMG!!
That is SUCH A COIN!!!

Congrats... about a bazillion times!

I'm not sure about whether this is a just 'regular' VAM 1J LDS, or if it's the very LDS VAM 1J that is most desirable. I'd love to know what @messydesk and @vampicker have to say.

Nice photos, BTW! We can always use more of those around here.

There was a bonus to doing my grading set: I co-discovered the first new 1895-S VAM in many years -- VAM 1A (recently changed to VAM 6A). Then-PCGS president David Hall even put "VAM 1A Discovery Coin" on the holder.

Because threads are better with pictures:

Quite a few years ago I finally finished a grading set of 1895-S in PCGS holders – every grade from Poor-01 to AU58. I still have the set. It was the best grading education I've ever had.

Not being on a popular collecting "list" seriously raises the "who cares?" question for VAM 1J. And the huge run-up in higher Mint State 1921-D prices since covid (MS64s used to be $100, now they're often over $400) makes premiums a guessing game for just about any 1921-D VAM. Plus, from what I have...

XF45???

WOW! is an understatement.

fogie wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:48 pm

something begins to smell funny....

And it it has been forever.
So many wild stories.
Never any photos.
Never any corroboration.
Endless excuses.

The huge problem is, the 1921-D Die Crack Break Guide is horribly not up to date. Only 77 different VAMs are represented in it, out of the 228 that currently exist.