A brilliant and satiny piece with the diagnostic reverse die break readily evident at the right base of the letter D in DOL. VAM-1A is a late die state, as perhaps the aforementioned diagnostic suggests, with Michael S. Fey and Jeff Oxman describing it as "ultra-rare" in the 1997 <em>VAM Keys</em> reference. Mint State examples were unknown as of that writing, and they remain very rare in todays market.,PCGS# 133907. NGC ID: 254Y.,NGC Census (VAM-1A attribution only): just 4; with a single MS-62 finer.,
