Picked this up a couple months ago and haven't posted it yet I don't think. It wasn't a cherrypick really as I paid close to blast white retail for it but no premium for color due to bad seller photos The color is unusual and pleasant so it should add a small premium over grade. Guess the grade & VAM. This should be an easy one...
Damn man, you really know how to rub it in don't ya.... that's one of my other top 10 vams I'm always looking for.... I've been asking Brian Raines and Larry Briggs off and on for 2 years now, and those guys never have 1 when I ask either... I won't reveal it so maybe someone else can study & learn about cool vams I'll say AU58 very apprehensive-ly The grader could of bumped it up because it's so cool
Yeah I got sick of flipping every one I see. Although I still do and even after I find a 1b I'm sure I'll still be flipping em lol
The OP coin, and the 1887p vam 1b are my 2 most sought after coins and they are NEVER in front of me.... Think about how many '81S and 87p you run across... I'll bet I've looked at 5-10,000 ..... BTW, I hope u don't mind revealing purchase price when u reveal grade, I'm curious
I'm talking 81s v1b to go with this one. Although the 87p v1b is a nice one too I'm just not that into E clashers unless I happen upon them
AU58 or MS62. I care about early coin varieties where every die was made by hand, I don't care about minor differences in machine-produced dies.
Yours looks like a pretty late one, and has a good shot at 64. The $470 sale this January of a PCGS 64 was (I think) a bit of an anomaly, although PCGS now has 12 of them and 6 higher (including a 66). They don't seem to much differentiate die state, though - they don't even call them 54/A/B, just "VAM-54 Wounded Eagle."
I have to think this die failed early. Not a *hint* of die wear on the reverse, and half the obverse "color" is frost.
