VAM 60 Long Nock pixs

[DHalladay]

Seeing the thread "Wrong VAM Attribution Beware" on the BST about an 1878-S Long Nock made me get out my VAM 60 and take some photos. It's a higher grade (XF45) so there were several interesting things to see.


The 2 eye spikes, of course, get most of the attention. But how come no one ever talks about the 3 chips (?) that are also there?

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The diagonal line inside the bow also seems to get ignored:

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Ditto for the line behind the eagle's neck:

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The BIG line just above the eagle's talon is really impressive, but there are 2 other lines by the left leg that are pretty bold too:

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[Vam-mysterio]

Beautiful

[collectinsince65]

Excellent Dennis!

[VamHelsing]

Would be cool if those could get added to the V60 page.

[78-sLongnock]

Those three chips are also on Vam 26 Stage 1 (EDS) and Vam 57.
Vam 26 Stage 1 also has an additional polish line in front of the eye ball aimed at P.
It can be seen on higher grade (AU) Devices.
See the presentation FUN 2019.

[lewisr2]

Here is photo of the additional polish line in front of the eye ball aimed at P that 78-SLong Nock
discussed above. The photo is from PCGS AU50 VAM-26.
.

[DHalladay]

Nice shot Lewis!

[shortnock]

Superfine photos. Darnfine specimen. Great information.

[bobbyjenkins]

Dennis,
That's an extraordinary VAM and beautiful pics!!!

If you ever get the time, I'd love to see the whole coin obv/rev and any other features you care to point out. This is one on my favorite VAMs on par with the 78-P VAM-9 but so rare I'll probably never have one, especially at this grade.

Thanks,
Bobby