How rare is the 1878-s Spaghetti Wing VAM?

moosesr · February 25, 2007 2:29AM

I have been looking for this VAM but have not found one yet, can someone give me an idea of its rarity?

Thanks,
Charlie

coindeuce · February 25, 2007 2:52AM

If you're referring to VAM 18, with heavy die polishing lines between the eagles torso and both wings, it is listed at #11 of the Lickenbrock/VanAllen TOP 30 of 1878-S VAM's. The VAM's 15/80/89 have very similar diagnostics, and were assigned position #8 in the TOP 30, however current consensus is that the VAM 15 is much more scarce than VAM's 80/89. Got pics' of the coin you're referring to?

moosesr · February 25, 2007 2:56AM

The only picture I have is the one on the Vamworld site. link

dwssws · February 25, 2007 2:57AM

thought that the listing was just a numerical listing and not a rarity indicator! (so I was told) was always curious about rarity for my Ngc 67 vam 89

coindeuce · February 25, 2007 2:59AM

Here is the listing from the wikipedia website, VamWorld 1878-S "Spaghetti Wing" VAM 18

coindeuce · February 25, 2007 3:05AM

<< <i>thought that the listing was just a numerical listing and not a rarity indicator! (so I was told) was always curious about rarity for my Ngc 67 vam 89 >>

I believe you'll find that the current consensus would place VAM's 15, 18 and 89 in this order of rarity:
1) 18
2) 15
3) 89

dwssws · February 25, 2007 3:10AM

thank you for the info!

messydesk · February 25, 2007 3:15AM

I found one of these at FUN, and didn't know how rare it was, either. The consensus of those I showed it to was that it was a very tough 78-S variety. I think it's too early in the 78-S game to be able to rank them accurately, though.

Coxe · February 25, 2007 3:28AM

I have yet to find a VAM-18 and I look at every 1878-S for it. Have found 15, 17A, 36A, .... even a new find in the process, but not a VAM-18. They have got to be quite rare.

jdsinva · February 25, 2007 3:49AM

Yes, the 1878-S v18 is a tough coin to find. It would be fair to say that I've bought several hundred 1878-S dollars and I only have two. One was bought from VN as a reference piece and the other I did acquire off of eBay. Both are mid-grade coins.

moosesr · February 25, 2007 6:39AM

The pictures of this coin in vamworld look sort of like the VAM-36 Dragon Scales, are they both extremely rare?

jdsinva · February 25, 2007 8:42AM

<< <i>The pictures of this coin in vamworld look sort of like the VAM-36 Dragon Scales, are they both extremely rare? >>

IMO, the v36 can be found if you keep your eyes open. I quit buying them after I had acquired several examples of the VAM.

RobJoyce1921dVAMguy · February 25, 2007 9:18AM

I've found a few VAM-36 dragon scales. I bought my VAM-18. I've never found one but looked at a lot of coins!

Rob

How rare is the 1878-s Spaghetti Wing VAM?

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