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Pillar of the Community
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AU-55 or 58, maybe an old cleaning? Maybe the lighting is making it look duller. This is VAM-84. Its nice for a AU!
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I don't think 1878-S had a vam84
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm thinking AU55+. Would love to have a sack full of 'em!
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Thanks for the comments and VAM-84 identification. I went to find it in PCGS CoinFacts and it did not show up there. I was trying to see what the premium was for the VAM-84 hi
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Here are a couple more pics that better illustrate the reflective effect   |
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Mid AU. I do like the toning.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm thinking AU as well.
Errers and Varietys.
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It's def not cleaned. 55, but a plus grade seems likely. Toning looks natural, at least to me. As a rule probably 95% of VAMS don't have any premium.
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55 and I believe it would straight grade.
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AU55
not a fan of the toning, however, its not bad enough to drop the grade. based on the color and dull surfaces, especially in photo 3 of the obv. leads me to believe it was improperly stored for an extended period of time and may have been dipped and not rinsed and dry before storing it.
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I'll go MS64 with off the scale eye appeal. Don't see any wear. Beautiful coin with natural looking toning. Congrats! IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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