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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.

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ChrisPaulis wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:57 pm

@DHalladay, I got this one for $140

Raw or certified?
What grade?

Congrats on your acquisition! I agree with John; 1U is a very cool (and scarce) VAM, especially in EDS when the gouge is obvious. They are known in high grades, too, although I once passed passed up making a 'pick on a badly overpriced PCGS MS64... as if generic MS64s aren't already overpriced to be...

Dibs on being second!
Congrats John!!

Heritage for big $ stuff, Great Collections for everything else.

I can't speak to rarity, but the desirability seems marginal. I only have 4 sales since 2020, and the premiums seem to generally have been pretty modest: 1878 7TF R78 140A 45 ANACS Apr-21 E $129 1878 7TF R78 140A 45 PCGS Mar-21 E $60 1878 7TF R78 140A 45 ANACS Apr-21 E $55 1878 7TF R78 140A 12 ANACS...

John:
Thankfully, they put it in a regular holder.

Wow! 500 already!?
Way to go... and thank you for all of it!

Just received the coin back from PCGS.
Stunned that they graded it VF25.

Agreed. Top arc of the horn is still visible.

Not exactly sure how to proceed here, but more than enough time has passed so...

All guesses were much too high – which means @collectinsince65 came closest. My purchase + crossover cost was $294, which seemed too cheap to pass up at the time, and what my gut says now was a sweet 'pick.

PM sent.

I bought this on a lark 22 years ago when it was in an NGC-55 holder. It's old and it's gold, so it caught my attention on eBay. And being a VAM nerd, the overdate feature made me want it even more. It not only crossed in the holder on the first try, but it went up to AU58. I have no clue how rare i...

JohnGoldsmith wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:39 am

Current PCGS price guide list the coin at a wallet busting $225.00. Need the price I paid for the VF details.

I sometimes wonder if PCGS knows how to operate an On-Off switch.
Its price is low by a factor of about 20.

$1750