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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 97708, member: 1749&quot;]The open nostril or overpolished nostril is on several 1878&#039;s.&nbsp; If you&#039;re looking at the 1878-P VAM 79 on the Hot 50 List, it&#039;s a 7TF.&nbsp; Yours is an 8TF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why the doubling, tripling, etc, all over your coin?&nbsp; &#039;Cuz it&#039;s very cool.&nbsp; I&#039;m still leaning toward the VAM 18A.&nbsp; Though it&#039;s not on the Top 100 or Hot 50 list, it would still be very desirable to an 1878 8TF collector.&nbsp; There are many folks trying to complete an 8TF set.&nbsp; But you don&#039;t want to sell!?</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS will only designate the VAM on the label if you pay the extra fee.&nbsp; Even if it&#039;s a supreme super VAM, it doesn&#039;t get the VAM designation on the label unless you request it and pay for it. Same applies to ANACS.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never sent anything to NGC.&nbsp; You can send the coin back to PCGS and pay the VAM fee (and probably the re-holder fee).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m at work now.&nbsp; Try to take a picture of wing area where the bottom of each wing meets the lower part of the eagle.&nbsp; This will verify the reverse die, narrow down the possibilities, and possibly confirm the VAM guess.&nbsp; Take a picture of Liberty&#039;s neck area where I think I saw clash.&nbsp; This may confirm the 18A sub-variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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