Little late to the O-mint party, but here's my best one. The obv is a solid PL, but the rev is sadly not. Unfortunately, the savage bag marks on Liberty's cheek and under chin make it a very sad case indeed.
You ain't lyin'. The big numbers don't happen until the top of MS64 for that one, though - as a PCGS 63/CAC (which it is, in a rattler) the value is only about double without the mint mark. I bought it (from CT member @ddddd) for the purpose of creating a better photographic record of VAM-4 for that year. At least, I_think that's what it is; there are no images currently published for it. As soon as there's a couple bucks to spare - a certain Northwest dealer is currently sucking every spare penny from my pocket ) - I'm going to ship it to @messydesk for a VAMSeal to confirm the variety and subject it to some no-holds-barred imagery for posting at VAMworld. One coin at a time.
As good as it's gonna get for me. A nice coin for a collection. I love the 1901. It is an iconic coin with an interesting story. A lot of them more than likely, met their fate in a furnace somewhere in 1918. So they say?
Yeah I know. It still works. It isn't really that new. I need to purchase an 1901 S sometime in the future.
A few recent pickups: Not crazy about the photo of this one, but really like the look in-hand. The luster on the obverse, which isn't visible in the photo, adds a lot more vibrancy to the color, which makes a big difference. LOVE the color of the reverse on this one. It just pops out at you.
It's the best way to get a Morgan attributed without having to put it into an ANACS slab (or a slab at all). Messydesk is - as I'm sure you know - in the very highest tier of Morgan attributors, and this is his service: http://www.varslab.com/
How cool, didn't know he had that service... Maybe I should have him attribute my VAM-39 1884-O Morgan