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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 18276819, member: 101855"]Since I am not a VAM collector, this piece looks like a cull 1878-S dollar to me. The legends are weak, and the highest parts of the design have an unattractive secondary rub. If the diagnostic features for the variety are dependent upon microscopic details, they have to be missing on this piece unless they are deep into the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was collecting half cents by die variety, I bought a low grade example of the rarest 1805 variety which was an unattractive example like this. Eighteen examples were known at the time. Fortunately the market went up, and I was able to dump the piece for a $100 mark-up on an $1,100 purchase price.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you buy this for much of a premium over $28, which the current market for cull dollars, you need to make sure that it’s what you think it is. At any rate, many specialists will view this as a “hole filler.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 18276819, member: 101855"]Since I am not a VAM collector, this piece looks like a cull 1878-S dollar to me. The legends are weak, and the highest parts of the design have an unattractive secondary rub. If the diagnostic features for the variety are dependent upon microscopic details, they have to be missing on this piece unless they are deep into the design. When I was collecting half cents by die variety, I bought a low grade example of the rarest 1805 variety which was an unattractive example like this. Eighteen examples were known at the time. Fortunately the market went up, and I was able to dump the piece for a $100 mark-up on an $1,100 purchase price. If you buy this for much of a premium over $28, which the current market for cull dollars, you need to make sure that it’s what you think it is. At any rate, many specialists will view this as a “hole filler.”[/QUOTE]
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