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I just cherrypicked a Thornhead :D

1921obsession1921obsession Posts: 559 ✭
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Auction pic:

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"Cool," I said. "A VAM 1B5, I think. I don't have one, and for $cheap, even if the coin looks a little beat, I will go there." So I sniped it. It arrived today:

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I think it's been dipped to remove album toning, because there's still a little clinging between the denticles (which are mint-sharp, by the way). Otherwise I couldn't be happier with the coin. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. image

While I'm bragging, I just sniped a 1921D VAM 1A1 for less than $15. image
Proudly upholding derelict standards for five decades.

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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well done. I love the Thornheads! image
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ding! Ding! Ding!

    We have a winner! Way to go.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    Bravo!!!! Good eye!!!
    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

    Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    nice pickup. the difference between the pics is amazing.
    i am not quite sure how you saw it.
  • 1921obsession1921obsession Posts: 559 ✭


    << <i>nice pickup. the difference between the pics is amazing.
    i am not quite sure how you saw it. >>



    The line from the cap to the leaf and from the cap to the U are obvious in the auction pic. At least, they are when you're three inches from the screen, like I am when I'm searching Ebay. image
    Proudly upholding derelict standards for five decades.
  • RVDavisRVDavis Posts: 1,137 ✭
    Great snag, congratulations.
    Proud recipient of YOU SUCK more than once and less than 100 times.
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    Nice pick up.

    I need to spend more time looking at raw stuff.


    <<At least, they are when you're three inches from the screen, like I am when I'm searching Ebay. >>


    Man oh man, can I relate to that..image



    Herb

    Remember it's not how you pick your nose that matters, it's where you put the boogers.
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice pick. I've got one also that I thought was a different stage of the die. This one isn't even imaged at ashmore.com. Seems rather confusing to me on the numbering system presently assigned to the different die stages of the '21-S 1B1. I'm assuming that there are 7 different stages at this point in time.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.americanlegacycoins.com

  • 1921obsession1921obsession Posts: 559 ✭


    << <i>Nice pick. I've got one also that I thought was a different stage of the die. This one isn't even imaged at ashmore.com. Seems rather confusing to me on the numbering system presently assigned to the different die stages of the '21-S 1B1. I'm assuming that there are 7 different stages at this point in time. >>



    Pics, man, pics! image

    Have you been to Rob Joyce's page on Thornheads?
    Proudly upholding derelict standards for five decades.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the heads up. I just came from his site before seeing your reply w/link. Missed this page of his site earlier. Pics of my 1B5 Wednesday.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.americanlegacycoins.com

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! And here I was expecting to see a 1B6. Very nice! Congrats!
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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