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<p>[QUOTE="robbudo, post: 1051539, member: 19243"]I disagree with this assertion. VAMs are hot, and they have high interest and a huge number of people looking for them. People looking for railroad rims - not so much. To say that variety collectors will be interested in errors like this is a bit of a leap. </p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, there are three 1877 Indian cent (this is THE key date in the series) errors out there. Two are rim clips and one is a major struck thru debris. None of the 3 command the value of a normal 1877 Indian - the key date collectors want problem-free examples, while the error collectors can get their hands on better examples of the errors on much less expensive coins. There are 3 people (that I know of) who work on a full date set of the Indian errors, so you can imagine the demand for errors on key dates is rather low. I got my 1877 Indian error for $750 less than the same coin without an error.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robbudo, post: 1051539, member: 19243"]I disagree with this assertion. VAMs are hot, and they have high interest and a huge number of people looking for them. People looking for railroad rims - not so much. To say that variety collectors will be interested in errors like this is a bit of a leap. For comparison, there are three 1877 Indian cent (this is THE key date in the series) errors out there. Two are rim clips and one is a major struck thru debris. None of the 3 command the value of a normal 1877 Indian - the key date collectors want problem-free examples, while the error collectors can get their hands on better examples of the errors on much less expensive coins. There are 3 people (that I know of) who work on a full date set of the Indian errors, so you can imagine the demand for errors on key dates is rather low. I got my 1877 Indian error for $750 less than the same coin without an error.[/QUOTE]
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