Did I miss out on a 1886 VAM-20?

moosesr · July 1, 2008 9:46PM

I started to bid on this coin, but changed my mind at the last minute, did I miss out on a 1886 VAM-20?

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Coxe · July 1, 2008 9:51PM

Nope. That is definitely a VAM-1G.

Yale68 · July 1, 2008 11:05PM

I also thought it might be a vam 20, so I took a chance on it. So John's response is bad news for me, since I won it. I'm sure he is correct, since he knows as much as anyone about vams, certainly much more than me.

moosesr · July 1, 2008 11:10PM

Let us know what VAM it was when you get the coin.

Yale68 · July 1, 2008 11:21PM

When I saw the clashing and the die cracks around the date, I thought it was unlikely to be a vam 20, but the photo did appear to have the characteristic doubling at the base of the "1". So the optimist in me thought that maybe the vam 20 die was in the process of failing, explaining its short life.

But, in any case, a $42 mistake is nothing to cry about. I have made much more costly ones.

erroid · July 1, 2008 11:44PM

Don't feel bad, I too would have bid, if I'd seen it. The cracks and the clash certainly add intrigue to the piece.

Did I miss out on a 1886 VAM-20?

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