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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1793258, member: 15445&quot;]<b><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">I see no reason they would not list PL or DPL on any coin that qualifies for the designation.</font></span></font></b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">NGC noted a VAM number on my NGC slab a few years ago.&nbsp; You would need to visit their Website today to learn their current requirements for listing VAM numbers on their slabs.&nbsp; </font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Here is a CoinTalk thread describing the long nock VAM I found in a batch of silver dollars: </font></span></font><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/long-nock-1878-vam-79-found-in-morgans-photos.53133/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/long-nock-1878-vam-79-found-in-morgans-photos.53133/"><u><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080"><font face="Times New Roman">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/long-nock-1878-vam-79-found-in-morgans-photos.53133/</font></span></font></u></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Here is the subsequent CoinTalk thread when I found another example a couple years later: </font></span></font><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-vam-discovered-in-my-own-collection-1878-p-vam-84a.226767/#post-1695017" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-vam-discovered-in-my-own-collection-1878-p-vam-84a.226767/#post-1695017"><u><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Times New Roman">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-vam-discovered-in-my-own-collection-1878-p-vam-84a.226767/#post-1695017</font></span></font></u></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">The 1878 VAM 84a is relatively common &amp; the pick-up points are easy to spot.&nbsp; There is an over-polished nostril, a dash under the 8, and the L in Liberty is polished almost into the field level.&nbsp; On the reverse, the pick-up point is the long nock on the arrow and there is a broken D or O in dollar (I forget which).</font></span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">[ATTACH=full]289788[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289787[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289789[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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