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Thanks for the advise, and the humor. I read as you suggested, the Vam 19 fits the bill. I guess since I saw half of the die crack of the 19A and the 19 has no mention of the crack, I really wasn't sure what pushes it to the 19A. I am still working on my photo skills, consistent lighting is my stumb...

Please contribute your thoughts on the subject of missing PUP's on a coin- Example- I Have a 1884 Narrow O. In looking though, the closest I have found is a 19A.... It has the rust spots, wheat leaf gouge, date set with doubling and the vertical die break on the leaf cluster. It does not have the Di...

Congrats on the opening. Be Safe, enjoy, and you both remember to breathe.

So I will bite. 1899 O v20 I bought a raw 1899-O that was a frosty 62-63. When I got home and really looped it, I found the reverse was spectacularly doubled from 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock, all words and the eagle in that pie cut, and the search was on! I think that there is this kernel in the back of...

Don't Forget, today is the day at mid-day that all raw coins should stand on rim's! But please experiment with on the R-1's!

Very good Sage advice. I have returned the coin. My goal is a minimum of MS-60, except that I am a working guy and doubt that my pocket will achieve that on certain coins of course. I play the raws for the deal of course, not to accumulate problem coins. That is a mistake, no doubt, and I don't want...

Looking for advise.. Recently "won" a raw 1882 O Vam 5 on eBay @ $100. Picture showed some field scratch on obverse, slight toning on front, but all in all at least AU-55. Seller is reputable, 99.9% positive, offers returns, has over 300,000 sales. Coin was sold as pictured, no grade implied. And I ...

As a postscript... Andy posted on the board the record sale recently of ..

1893-S PCGS 67 CAC $2,086,875.00 w/Buyer's Fee

And the current closest is a cool $1.25M on the NGC, unchanged since Sept 2016

Values with NGC needs some timely attention. I believe if NGC were to focus more attention to keeping values up to date, they would generate more raw grading work for them, a win-win. They may be contractually tied to only post sale values generated through their site? IDK But again a coin is only w...

Promised this Gem, so here it is. I picked it up for $40 for fun, but wow. This 1882s is permanently uncirculated, well struck, highly reflective with little to no bag marks, and at least a 63 if not better. I will do my best to VAM it out, but pic's will be hard. Doe anyone know who made these luci...

Congratulations- This re-affirms, at least to me, there are no scrap Morgans...

Thanks DarksideVam- The Ebay heads up makes me feel better about the seller, I appreciate those that follow the rules! Thanks DHalladay- Narrowing down more of the vintage gives me more confidence in the grading. And Thanks Messydesk- The original attribution was right at one point. The Only reason ...

Is their any way to get a date or year-ish of a PCI Slab? And why wouldn't seller disclose the slabbing and grading this coin? Back Story: Bid and won this on Ebay. It was simply listed as Estate Find 1921 - D with (2) close up pics. The seller has "coin" has part of his name and over 50,000 sales. ...

Thanks- I will add that one to my collection

Thanks for the images.

I am trying to focus in on the little feathers that are near the wing base and the legs, where the famous "comma" feather is.

I am finding that these feathers evolved differently in the VAMS and it helps to at least pin down which stage of reverse die was being used.

Is there a link to all of the different little "winglets" on the reverse dies of the 8 Tail Feather? It would be nice to have 1 image or page that displays them all.

SOOOOO Cool!

Send that man some Play-doh, LOL

Anyone noticing that the 2021 cc privy's are cracking $500 each on Ebay? It's crazy.

Glad to hear your coins found their home.

Gifting your USPS carrier is always a great idea, they remember who did and will go that extra mile. Mine has come twice on occasion if a second package shows up at the post office after his first run was made.

This is horrible and I admit my biggest fear with my raw coins. The time and expertise to get to that point, and poof, the quest begins again. I will watch as well, and I hate to say, check the local pawn shop.

Does PCGS accept physical drop off and pick up?