1878 7 TF VAM 170 Question

RVDavis

I sent a bunch of VAMs into ANACS recently and got them back today. About as I expected; one VAM I had not been able to attribute turned out to be a VAM 170. It is a Hot 50 coin. I looked this coin up on NGC's population report and see that they have graded one coin VAM 170. Is this thing really this rare? The grade isn't anything to yell about; Net AU 50 cleaned. Anyone have this coin?

Wolf359

Yes. I have one in ANACS AU50 as well.

ANACS shows a population of 38 coins, 5 in Mint State. So, scarce, but not ultra rare. They are very hard to attribute though. The 'R' in
PLURIBUS fooled me. I had it pegged as VAM-171 and they were kind enough to correct it for free.

MAD4MORGANS

Leroy Van Allen's 1878P 7tf Attribution Guide gives the VAM-170 an I-4 R4 interest and rarity value.

The R4 indicates Very Scarce (Tens of Thousands) per the Rarity Scale in the VAM Encyclopedia pg viii.

The VAM-171 is an I-5 R6 value indicating Very Rare (Several Hundred).