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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WeirdFishes, post: 1825092, member: 41261&quot;]Stopped by one of my LCS, and happened to find a couple interesting items which I picked up at a fair price. The 1886-P is in an early PCGS slab and, on a related note, is there a kind and knowledgeable fellow CT member who can explain how to determine the year in which the coin was graded/slabbed by PCGS by means of the serial #: 143060</p><p>While I don&#039;t know for certain (please correct me if iincorrect), I believe the first number represents the year the coin was sent in and graded by PCGS is represented by the first number, so for 1430605, the 1 would mean it was graded/slabbed by PCGS in their first year of operation (though I am not sure what year that is). The other 6 numbers are, the coin&#039;s actual serial number. I believe PCGS uses six digit coin serial numbersso therefore any numbers prior or before the last 6 digits would effectively be referring to the year operation in which PCGS graded the coin.</p><p>Anyway, I picked up this particular 86-P because it has really great surfaces AND is riddled with die cracks, both on oberse and reverse. Does anyone happen to know if this is a recognized VAM variety, and given its grade what is a fair price?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]300232[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]300239[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]300238[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]300240[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]300241[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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