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<p>[QUOTE="SeaEagleCoins, post: 616910, member: 19141"]Nice example...</p><p> </p><p>Re: the label not reflecting the VAM... one has to ask and pay for that service AND PCGS only recognizes certain VAM's. Also...just like every CBH is an Overton(Die Marraiges)... all Morgans and Peace Dollars are VAMs(again, Die Marraiges). Some are just rarer and/or more popular than others...think Hot Lips and Scarface to name two. This Spitting Eagle VAM is popular but rather common...most I've seen are not noted on the slab label.</p><p> </p><p>As for the grade... while I don't neccasarily agree... much leeway is given to the CC Morgans... the TPG's tend to be more forgiving of bag marks on the coins from this mint. </p><p> </p><p>Think of the old westerns on TV and in the movies...of big bags of coins being tossed up on stagecoaches and wagons...then transported many miles over bumpy roads... or tossed onto a train and transported on rickety tracks over mountains and such... it is quite amazing that many survived to have little or no bags marks or nicks in the fields or on Liberty's cheek.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeaEagleCoins, post: 616910, member: 19141"]Nice example... Re: the label not reflecting the VAM... one has to ask and pay for that service AND PCGS only recognizes certain VAM's. Also...just like every CBH is an Overton(Die Marraiges)... all Morgans and Peace Dollars are VAMs(again, Die Marraiges). Some are just rarer and/or more popular than others...think Hot Lips and Scarface to name two. This Spitting Eagle VAM is popular but rather common...most I've seen are not noted on the slab label. As for the grade... while I don't neccasarily agree... much leeway is given to the CC Morgans... the TPG's tend to be more forgiving of bag marks on the coins from this mint. Think of the old westerns on TV and in the movies...of big bags of coins being tossed up on stagecoaches and wagons...then transported many miles over bumpy roads... or tossed onto a train and transported on rickety tracks over mountains and such... it is quite amazing that many survived to have little or no bags marks or nicks in the fields or on Liberty's cheek.[/QUOTE]
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