1885-S VAM 4A

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1885-S VAM 4A

Post by vampicker » Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:18 am

This one appears to be fairly elusive. I don't clearly recall other examples but I had this on my desk today. Big chip in the left wreath and it seems like it's a different reverse than VAM 4 itself. Here's a few pictures.
On the obverse, there's the strong repunching on the 18, faint lines in the D shaped gap in the hair and a line in the upper Y. In this stage a little break has formed there too
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Re: 1885-S VAM 4A

Post by vampicker » Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:20 am

Here's the reverse - Big chunk in the left wreath ,fine line in the wing / neck gap, lines by the inside of the lower leg and the bow& mintmark shot.
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Re: 1885-S VAM 4A

Post by fogie » Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:25 pm

And NONE in the SSDC registry! Thanks.
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Re: 1885-S VAM 4A

Post by vampicker » Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:36 pm

Apparently I did one back in 2015, the only example on the ANACS pop currently
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Re: 1885-S VAM 4A

Post by alefzero » Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:48 pm

I believe that was the only 1885-S I did not have (based on discoveries to that point) when I had that huge VAM set.

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