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A Nice Surprise! An 1878 VAM-123 Hit List 40, And Very Rare!

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 Posted 01/05/2026  8:18 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mrwhatisit to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Got this as an unattributed coin from a coin dealer on whatnot as they were selling through a stack of Morgan's and bought this with a nice 1879 as a pair. Paid $57.50 per coin.
Well, starting the process of attribution led me to the specialty vams first to knock those out, but lo and behold, I looked at VAM 123 first, and it turned out to be a complete lock on that VAM! One PUP is the coin is prooflike, and both sides have evidence of that, but hard to see through the toning.
Whole coin:
A-Nice-Surprise!-An-1878-VAM-123-Hit-List-40,-And-Very-Rare! A-Nice-Surprise!-An-1878-VAM-123-Hit-List-40,-And-Very-Rare!
Several Pick-Up-Points:
Die scratch above last S in States
A-Nice-Surprise!-An-1878-VAM-123-Hit-List-40,-And-Very-Rare!
Feature right below eyelid:
A-Nice-Surprise!-An-1878-VAM-123-Hit-List-40,-And-Very-Rare!
And left 7th star doubled:
A-Nice-Surprise!-An-1878-VAM-123-Hit-List-40,-And-Very-Rare!
Other PUPs are the doubled to the left on Liberty, doubled R and M on EPU...
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 Posted 01/05/2026  8:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinForMe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
"Very Rare" at $59.00
You made out like a bandit, I guess..
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Awesome!
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That's excellent! Congrats on the nice surprise you rolled up on!
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