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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 97585, member: 1749&quot;]You&#039;re welcome.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing the coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s a beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure about the value.&nbsp; The collectors that I know seem to collect in &quot;groups&quot;.&nbsp; Most people try to complete a Top 100 or Hot 50 set, so the values can be monitored from frequent sales.&nbsp; I get a Top 100 value sheet a few times each year.&nbsp; There are other collectors that focus on 1878-P 8TF or 7/8TF Morgans.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s a VAM 18, it had an I-4 R-4.&nbsp; If it&#039;s an 18A with the partial clashed N, it&#039;s I-4 R-6.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if you&#039;ve seen the (I)interest and (R)rarity numbers before.&nbsp; They get assigned when the discovery is made.&nbsp; </p><p>I-1 normal die</p><p>I-2 minor varaitions</p><p>I-3 significant variations; interest to collectors</p><p>I-4 major variations with universal interest to collectors</p><p>I-5 outstanding variation representing the best example of its type.</p><p><br /></p><p>R-1 common - tens of millions</p><p>R-2 several millions</p><p>R-3 scarce - hundreds of thousands</p><p>R-4 very scarce - tens of thousands</p><p>R-5 rare - several thousands</p><p>R-6 very rare - several hundred</p><p>R-7 extremely rare - few tens</p><p>R-8 unique or nearly unique - few</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an 1878-P 8TF attribution guide available.&nbsp; Jeff Oxman wrote the book, and there&#039;s a CD Wizard version developed by John Baumgart.&nbsp; The CD will walk you through questions and determine the exact VAM based on your responses.&nbsp; I got mine from <a href="http://rcicoins.com/shop3.asp?product_id=1184" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rcicoins.com/shop3.asp?product_id=1184" rel="nofollow">here</a>&nbsp; (unfortunately I don&#039;t have it with me right now).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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