Got some Xmas presents from PCGS today :)

Pretty much what I thought except

A) The rim damage is so light on the 93 I wasn't even thinking a details but oh well, not too much of a price difference to a righteous slab AU anyway (5-7 left stars & RIB areas )

B) I was hoping for at least 65 for the 88o. Darn!

BUT...

C) I'm THRILLED with the 89o because I was thinking the small jaw gouge might details it or at least limit it to 63 but no and the price difference is decent!

I feel like Ralphie with his Red Rider in the back yard right now

 

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Nice

 

I'd buy 2 or 3

 

Gemmy 1895!!!!! All great coins and grades.☺!!!!
But I would have asked for details on. This pair☺ if lucky a Vam# could double price some times.

 

No 95 jello. Must be a typo lol

And ya, I'll vam em when I get a second and they'll probably get John's sticker when I have enough to send him. From a quick glance the 88o isn't a hot lips and it's just a round o. The 89o is a wicked cool soft strike with somewhat major planchet striations showing on both sides which doesn't show in those pics and it has a very clashed reverse too. I'm stoked it made 64!

I'm wondering if cac will be at long beach in January? I want me some beans! (and I wish they'd start accepting new members already)

 

CAC won't do details there Not a grading service. They look a plastic nothing more but Take more money.
Tpg is where Details are noted MS64 88-0/89-0 with Top 50
Is worth it. Cac not my2¢

 

Shame about the 1893. That is a great date, and that is a really attractive coin--the rim ding killed it being graded, but still a very attractive coin.

 

What rim dmg.
Must have been on Reverse rim. Pcgs just got lazy.

 

You can see just how slight it is here jello, above 5-7 left stars & RIB

 

Looks like the slab covers the ding?

 

Too bad on the rim ding. It's the kind of thing that might get through eventually.

Nice bunch of coins, though! The 89-O getting a 64 (it is very clean other than the vertical mark) and sort of makes up for the 88-O not getting a 65, and what's not to love about the 94 and 01?

 

I'd crack out the '93 and try again.

 

Thanks messy. You'll probably see some of em in hand after the holidays. The 89o is out of my league apparently or I'm missing something due to the extreemly soft strike. I'm thinking it may be one of the 20's maybe 20a obverse if that is a slight clashed o I'm seeing, but the reverse clashes aren't even close and no clashed E but can that be from the soft strike? I haven't really had time to properly look look at it thouroughly though. The obverse is super clean relative to the clashed up reverse. Sorry for the abundance of pics guys but this coin looks very cool and unusual to me

 

If there's no obverse clashing at all, then the die was replaced after a clash, since the reverse clashing is quite strong. The mint mark I would say is set to the right, and there are no such mint marks listed for 89-O based on a quick glance. It looks like you should have a clashed 'M' (looks like a Space Invader) near the 'd' in God, given the strength of the clash.

 

So we could have a new one here? I might need to get this one to you quick then but I hate shipping valuables, even registered, in December lol

 

Interesting. It has the Wide Date of VAM-11, but then again so do some other 1889-O's including the 1A (should VAM-11 even exist, then?). The date hangs over 11 denticles, with the curve of the 9 slightly infringing on a 12th. Further, the VAMworld plate coin for V11 shows the same abnormally-leftward neck clash under the n of In.

VAM-11, to me.

 

Hmmm, vam 11 does seem to be possible. I'm wondering if the fresh obverse might be a new marriage though if it is an 11 reverse?... Here's a closeup of the neck clash dave. Seems to be a double.
And john, hard to tell but there could be a light M transfer. Can't get a good pic though

 

1889-O seems a candidate for cleanup, and there's also VAM-10 to consider - designated "Wide Date" but no visual information exists. This may be as close as we can get.

 

All dates that haven't been studied closely are candidates to clean up. The "wide date" designation doesn't make sense given the date punch was the same for all coins. The extra space between the 8 and 9 shown in the VAM book is probably just an illusion on that coin. I would guess Leroy would eliminate VAMs 10 and 11 if they were brought to his attention. The OP's coin wouldn't be either of those, anyway, due to the mint mark position.