End of a looong dry spell

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Dirtdoctor
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End of a looong dry spell

Post by Dirtdoctor » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:39 pm

Haven't posted in quite a while, because I have not found anything of much interest in a while. Picked this uncleaned raw 1880 O VAM 49 Ear/Hangnail up last week. If it's as rare as description suggests for XF for better, I'm pretty happy with it.
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colwillys
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by colwillys » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:50 pm

WTG you did good . Only problem it not a PEACE dollar .
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UNCLE BINGO
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by UNCLE BINGO » Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:02 pm

Super sweet !!!!
" May your clashes be EDS , your breaks be LDS , and your wife not have PMS over your collecting habits! " ;)
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Jodemyer
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by Jodemyer » Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:51 pm

Congrats! Thats an awesome find!
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DHalladay
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by DHalladay » Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:49 pm

Congrats! :D

VAM 49 is a personal favorite of mine that IMO is both very tough to find (essentially impossible in Mint State) and wildly underappreciated and undervalued.
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morganman
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by morganman » Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:58 pm

I have managed to buy 4 over several yrs with the best a PCGS au58 NAOH
Like DH say's- impossible in MS
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messydesk
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by messydesk » Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:35 pm

Congrats on a very tough find!
Welcome to the VAMWorld 2.0 discussion boards. R.I.P. old VAMWorld.
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lioncutter
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by lioncutter » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:19 pm

Great Pick! VAM 49 is one of the emission sequence of the 8/7 spike and is IMO the second hardest to find in the wild. VAM 6D being the hardest.
I may not be the best, but I do not know anyone better.
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JohnGoldsmith
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by JohnGoldsmith » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:44 pm

One of the few VAM's I still look for, good find.
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lured_in_again
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Re: End of a looong dry spell

Post by lured_in_again » Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:30 pm

Looked back at my ANACS orders and found that I had a VAM 49 that went AU 53 back in 2015. It's still around in my stash of picks.....
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