NewPS: 1900-O VAM 15.....Doubled stars. Grade opinions welcome.

Oney

I bought this at the Boston show as well. Beautiful coin. It is the 1900-O VAM 15 Doubled stars. Grade opinions are welcome.



Doubled Stars

jdsinva

Cool star doubling, no loupe needed to see that! Nice coin, the fields of the reverse have me a bit puzzled but they are probably polish lines. My grade guess would be 63. . .

Coxe

MS62. I like that variety. It is one that still can be cherrypicked, particularly in slabs. Polish lines though or abrasively cleaned?

Oney

Polish lines. It does not appear cleaned.

Coxe

Brian, that is just one of those coins you have to see up close and personal. Those polish lines look typical of the Phila mint of that year.

I just looked at my VAM-15 (15A actually). It's a PCGS MS66, so everything is clear. It has no such polish lines. However, it is strongly clashed. I suspect your coin was produced from those dies after the Mint tried to polish off the clash marks. Your reverse is the same; so it is not the case of the II(2)9 VAM-15 obverse having been re-paired with a new reverse.

messydesk

Nice coin. The 00 is doubled in the date as well (bottom inside), so you have two separate doubling events happening to the die. The marks looks more like scuffs than hits, and the luster and strike are quite good, so I'll say 63.

Oney

Anyone else?

1921obsession

63. The polish lines are particularly attractive, in the sense that they illustrate the effort to extend the life of the dies. It's a more personal look, something that implies that humans were an ongoing part of the process. I'd rather have a "worked" 63 like yours than a pristine 65.