Morgan and Bust Half newps
messydesk
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Picked these up recently. Many have heard of or are familiar with the 1891-CC VAM 3 "Spitting Eagle" variety. VAM 3 is probably more common than all other 91-CC die pairs combined, so the Spitting Eagle, while a Top 100 variety for its coolness has long been known not to be rare. A few years ago that changed. It turns out there is another obverse used with the spitting eagle reverse. Referred to as VAM 7, it differentiated by date location (it is a "far" date) and a spike of metal on the E in LIBERTY. This obverse accounts for maybe a couple percent of the spitting eagles out there. The reverse die is slightly polished down, making the "spit" a touch weaker.
PCGS 55 (slight planchet flaw 8:00 reverse)
Also picked up an 1824/1 Bust 50c in 53
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That's a sweet 24-101, John. Very wholesome.
Lance.
Great images of awesome coins. I didn't know about VAM-7 and will check it out on VAMWorld and start looking for it!
Nice pick ups
I like the Bust Half! Congratulations on your newps.
You are on a roll!
Latin American Collection
Very attractive!
Nice coins and great pictures....cannot make out the 'spit' on that one, but perhaps just the angle of the picture... Cheers, RickO
The 91-CC is a V-7.
Love the Bust half, very conservative grading if you ask me.
Bob
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Love the Bust. That is one I still need. Looks great.
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Thanks. The "spit" is straight down from the tip of the beak. In the picture above, it shows up as a small disturbance in the field one might confuse with a hit, especially since there are a couple out in front of the beak. It seems that clicking on the picture doesn't enlarge it, so if you right-click and open in a new tab, you should be able to see it more easily.
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@messydesk....Thanks for the response.... I do see it now, I thought that was part of the hit in front of the beak. Thanks again for the great pictures. Cheers, RickO