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That ‘birds over junk’ is worth thousands
I sold four of them last year through HERITAGE. Incredible find !

 

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I attributed the 1830 last night as the LM-13 due to the RIBUS being connected on the reverse. The obverse it die 5.

 

And here's the plus side....what you paid is at least $15/20 under what someone would pay for the R factor Alone in that condition. Main reason ...when am I going to see another one again?
So one takes what one fines till one has found better!

 

$24


$30 RAW

 

Another ebay junk bin pull. They say things come threes. This would be #2....

 

Man, these seem to be tougher to find than I thought. Good catch!

 

I finally am starting to recognize some of these variants! Caught that one instantly

 

Thanks, I haven't come across a well circulated example since the lowball I plucked about four years ago. Now I've seen four in the past two months, forgot about the auction closing on the first one, won the second but the USPS decided to keep it. The third and fourth are in hand...

You're well on your way to being an eagle eye cherry picker....

 

What is the variety of this one? I'm not too familiar with VAMs

 

It's probably the wildest 83-O reverse die variety, VAM-1C. This one is a VAM-1C2 die pairing. My avatar is a late die state example, just prior to becoming VAM-1C3.

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1883-O_VAM-1C2

 

I picked this up in October of 2017 for $34.05.

First is what I got followed by what I think it is.


If it is what I think it is, it is an R6+ rarity though this might drop it to R6. If I'm detecting the die cracks and not imagining them through the corrosion, it would be a die state between Die state I and this intermediate die state announced in September 1999 with a second crack roughly outlining the initial intermediate CUD in the intermediate die state and which later develops into a solid CUD of Die State II.

The Photo of the intermediate Die State is from the sale of the HOLMES collection in 2009 as shown on ICOLLECTOR.

 

44 Bucks shipped: 1825 Capped Bust Dime, variety JR-1. Rarity 4.

Cleaning and all, still very happy with it.

 

$3

 

Nice DDO

 

Thanks. When you're looking through a junk bin and see a lot of early dates, the unusually thick LIBERTY is unmistakable. It's the first thing to catch my eye, even before the IGWT.

 

I bought this one for $50, then sent it in for grading.

 

Did you buy it from pictures or in hand?

 

Pictures. The seller said it was cleaned. I disagreed. It was just spotty.