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I posted a few more pics. They just aren't coming out as good as they show on my phone...sorry.
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It's hard to tell from your photos but it may be a 39A.
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I'm left with the impression of 39A by that reverse myself, but the obverse needs to be on board for it as well. Looks like all 39's are clashed on the obverse, so that needs to be there, as does the cap gouge and broken 4th star. Just can't tell from the small obverse images.
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Agreed. I'm putting the pieces of the obverse puzzle together using both obverse pictures. The first suggests crumbling of the 4th right star. The second shows the wing clash line just south of the neck V and slightly north of the neck wrinkle. The rest of the pups I'm using my imagination.  |
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Edited by CxG Homicide
12/25/2013 1:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not familiar with the "strong" designation on the slab.
What does that mean?
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I'm not familiar with the "strong" designation on the slab.
What does that mean? Some of the 7/8TF dies showed the underlying, earlier 7 tailfeather reverse more strongly than others - 4 or more original tailfeathers showed. These get the "Strong" designation. The ones which showed fewer tailfeathers were designated "Weak." This naming convention predates VAMming, which renders the designation kind of irrelevant. CxG, I see enough to convince me of VAM-39, and a pretty darn good 62.  |
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PCGS is pretty tough. Thought this was a really nice MS62 as well. Thanks for the VAM help Dave!! |
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Yeah, I think PCGS was tough on this one to call it 62. It looks like mostly luster grazes on the obverse from where I'm sitting. Nice coin for 62 money though! |
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Thanks. Paid 170 for it. Too much ya think? I tried the seller at 150ish, but he wasn't budging.
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http://www.vamworld.com/1878-P+VAM-39AI think you have a 39A but I can't confirm it from the photos. You can confirm it by looking at the plate photos on the page I linked to. If you can find all of those die markers then you have the 39A. You will need a jewelers loop. If you have any questions about where to look for them just ask. You should be able to find similar 1878 VAM 39A coins that have sold on ebay. I don't think you would lose money if you had to resell it on ebay.
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good looking coin....looks like a MS63 to me!
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It looks like a VAM-39 too me as well.
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