Tough call from the images. Throwing the strike aside I'm thinking AU58 based on the reverse fields. If I'm wrong and it's MS I would say MS63....
65PL. She sure is frosty.
Well, NGC can't be right all the time, right?
If they were both 14.20's you'd be sending the 60 my way, right? :rolleyes::p
Nice group of Morgans. Your '78-s looks like a VAM-19A.
Well played! What VAMs are the 8tf?
I cannot give enough praise to Ray's under $400 system and both Ray and Dave are master sensei's of coin photography.
Always a pleasure to view your toners!:)
Another beautiful shirt and yes, what a great coin.
Easy 65 with a chance for 66 if the photos are not kind.
The obverse die was originally an 1879 die and the reverse was an 1878 die.
I like a good circulated '80-cc rev 78. Both dies were re-purposed.:)
How do you sleep at night :p
PCGS only labels VAM-12. If anyone were to send a 12A clashed version to PCGS it would come back just VAM-12. (at least as of 12/2013 as noted on...
Looks more like Shanghai than Denver.o_O
$265
Great site HawkEye. I saved to my favorites when you posted it on VAMworld last November. What a great study on '81-O'!
These could be artifacts of the repousse punch but the upper loop of the first eight is wrong and the shape of the first left and right stars are...
Wow! :woot: I would not have been able to say no to this one either. Very nice acquisition. :)
Great reports Dave & Paddy! Thank you both for taking the time to fill us in. :)
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