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134034 1878 7/8TF $1 Strong VAM 37 7/4 MS64 -- pop 14/0
133995 1884-O $1 VAM 35 Doubled Eyelid MS65 -- pop 4/0
133910 1887 $1 VAM 12 Alligator Eye MS63 -- VAM-12A (common)
133887 1880/79-S $1 VAM 9 80/79 Large S MS66 -- pop 7/0
133988 1880/9-S $1 VAM 11 0/9 Overdate MS66 -- pop 15/3
134017 1890-O $1 VAM 10 Comet Variety MS64 -- pop 16/2 (one of them is also my VAM-10A in MS64)
133902 1886 $1 VAM 1A Line in 6 MS66 -- die pair #2 -- pop 6/0

And some crossovers:

7082 1878-S $1 US MS63 -- VAM-17A Hit List 40 (was ANACS 63; raw find)
7082 1878-S $1 US MS63 -- VAM-17A Hit List 40 (was ANACS 63; raw find)
7114 1880-O $1 US MS63 -- VAM-65A (was NGC 63)
7154 1884-O $1 US DNC -- VAM-21A (ANACS 60; got better ones anyway)
7188 1889 $1 US MS60 -- VAM-28A Hot 50 (was ANACS 60; very tough in MS!)
7274 1901-O $1 US MS63 -- VAM-25A Super CD (was ANACS 63; Monster M&M; awesome coin)
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    BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome job!
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    WTG!! Like the 1889 Vam 28A.Tough coin in MS fer sure.
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    I sure wish that 1884-o vam-35 was mine.....image
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    CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>I sure wish that 1884-o vam-35 was mine.....image >>



    I find them surprisingly difficult to cherrypick from images. That natural shadow and point beveling on the lash can be deceptive. Got a number of false positives before hitting the real thing. Lucky it was a gem.
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    direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    Nice results image

    I've been looking for a 1889 VAM-28A for a little while now myself.
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


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    HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice list of high end top pop Vams, John.

    What was wrong with the 1884-O Vam-21A in the Anacs holder?
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    CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>Nice list of high end top pop Vams, John.

    What was wrong with the 1884-O Vam-21A in the Anacs holder? >>



    Dunno until it comes back. Probably they wanted to AU58 it. I have a PCGS 62, an ANACS 63 and a partial roll of that variety in various levels of mint state anyway. Not even sure why I included it in the order.
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