Missed A Good 'Un Last Night

Just before dinner ... I had the ebay auction on my watch list for 6 days. The coin had some low bids that you'd expect for a worn 1878 7TF. A couple of bidders going back and forth in the $10-20 range. Set my snipe for $72.75 (thought that would do it and no one else knew what the coin was). Just as I was about to click the price went to $77 ... oh crud, no time to adjust! Bummer. That's what the 1878 7TF VAM 189 went for ... congrats to the winner. It's not a coin that many look for and I thought I was the only one in the world who knew what it was ... when am I going to learn! To those who don't know the VAM 189 is the only 7TF coin with re-engraved tailfeathers and is very rare. This is the first one I've spotted in two years of looking.

Then, four hours later I won another 1880-O VAM 49 in at least XF (that makes three). So the night wasn't a total loss.