need attribution help

Bryan1315

Even though I collect 1878 VAM's the VAM-100 is one of the hardest for me to attribute (especially since I have never seen one in hand). I have looked at vamworld and still cant come to a conclusion on this one coin. Cant figure out if it is or if it isn't a VAM-100 so any and all help would be greatley appreciated

DennisH

I think it is.

Look inside the recessed fold area up toward the top of the cap, just to the left of the N in UNUM. Are there two strong diagonal die gouge lines? Both of my VAM 100s have them.

Bryan1315

is there anyway you can show me exactly where these gouges are at in the fold? Mine has some toning and some scratches in that area and its kind of hard to tell exactly what I am looking at, but if I saw a picture to compare I may be able to match them up to see if my coin shows this characteristic

DennisH

Byan -- How's this:

Bryan1315

I see something in there but it doesn't look quite as prominent as yours does

Bryan1315

This thing is already in a PCGS clacker slab graded as MS-64, should I just send it to them and pay the 16 bucks and see what they say about it?