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I tried to photograph my latest acquisitions last night. The re-chargable batteries expired when I went to download so I gave up.  Here's a list of my recent picks: 1878 8TF VAM 5 (raw - Fine) 1878 7TF VAM 116 (raw - AU) 1878-S VAM 22 (raw- VF) 1878-S VAM 36B (dragon scales with die break 'E') (raw - MS63) and my favorite ... 1880-P VAM 6 (spikes) (raw - MS61/62 PL  ) I'm hoping for a couple of additional treasures on inbound coins.  I should be able to post pics tonight. |
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Great Cheery picks I like the Vam-6  I have 2 of them with a solid cross bar. Nice to see you back also.  I just sighed for package with my graded 81-s VAM 54 PCGS has graded one at 65 and 2 at 64 This one is going in for a cross over on Monday.     |
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I hope I don't jinx myself, but I have one coming that might just rock the house.
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I hope I don't jinx myself, but I have one coming that might just rock the house. TOO LATE!  Every time I speak before the coin is "in-hand" I regret opening my mouth. I hope it works differently for you Dave! I'll post pictures of my coins in a couple of hours. |
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I jinxed myself.  |
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I jinxed myself. Also sorry to hear it ... but ya still gotta man-up and give us the details.  |
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Also sorry to hear it ... but ya still gotta man-up and give us the details. Thought I'd nailed an AU 1878-S Long Nock. It turned out to have a little patch of toning in just the right spot for a relatively-small photograph to deceive both me and the Gimp - you gotta have detail for a blowup to work.  What I got was a fairly nice, original AU 1878-S for a slightly inflated price. Here's the auction pics:  See what I saw? Here's the coin:   Same coin - note the two gouges on the cheek - but the scan doesn't even capture the feature that made me think it was a Long Nock. |
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Dave, From my present location, all I get to see are those annoying little red x's in a black box. I need to ask (since I can't see 'em) is the 'r' in trust full and the 4th right star unbroken in the photos. I've used these two additional diagnostics for verifying 78-S long nocks from less than perfect photos. It's saved my bacon on several occasions. |
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The "r" is unbroken, and the star is chipped but not enough to have shown in the auction photos.
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Sorry 29 or 31 with the eye lid
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Posted 02/26/2010 5:17 pm
