Whenever something goes against the grain usually there can be found an interesting glimmer of hope/ light.  My previous post was concerning the 4 voucher submission return I received and how the grades went against me due to the 4 toned coins all receiving Detail 91 - Questionable Color.  Not what one wants, but there are several opportunities underlying this story and the one I choose will sure have a Part 2 posting.  I am looking forward to it. This is not the "Can't Wait" I am referring to in the title, however.  See equal with this submission was another one I sent in simultaneously.  At an auction online I found a unique Morgan Dollar, an 1921 P.  I know you aren't standing over the proverbial air grate with the gust of air blowing straight up, but it was a 17 Berry reverse. So the coin had abnormally wide edges to the point I ruled out a missed collard error or broadstruck error because all the details were exactly where they needed to be on the obverse and reverse but an "intentionally" made extra thickness from the back of the denticles to the edge of the coin, as even as could be around the circumference of both obverse and reverse. VamWorld time!  I found there was something to the reverse of the coin first and foremost, a 16 Berry or 17 Berry reverse. You can easily tell without counting and that is the Eagles talon on the right side; if the talon extends down to the shaft/tail feather of the arrow then an extra unit of the shaft/tail feather behind it (usually has 4 parts - just look at 16 Berry reverse and you will count 4 parts) will have 5 parts. (Essentially a doubling of the hub caused the extra unit and extended Talon).  Then if you see this look at the top of the left side of the wreath and you will see a very large berry and on the opposite a little one. (don't count these berries first because some die states and wear could have caused that little berry to be lesser in appearance than should be). There are many VAMs for the 17 Berry reverse and of which a particular Holy Grail variety, The Zerbe Proof.  (Not an actual Proof but a severely extra polished business strike).  Now the coin I had also contained an error, yes graded, was designated an Error - strike thru reverse - but not graded a VAM nor a Zerbe.  The error, and I will quickly explain because I don't have the pictures yet, has metal removed around the D and O of Dollar and goes right up to the edge of the bottom of the wreath and ribbon. I think more of a lamination issue due to the D and O still struck, still there but the material removed doesn't extend to any of the devices but just to the edge... little too close for strike thru but lamination error could very well be.  Anyway, I placed a bid and figured one of 2 things would be TRUE if I win: 1) I either win an Error Zerbe Proof ( Very low probability ) or an error VAM ( high probability).  Both are a win in my book. Why I thought it was a Zerbe?  Well it appeared to have on the Obverse the  die polish line from the second U, first serif, in UNUM to the denticle above.  With the toning of green and blue (I like toned coins, yes) in that area it made it very difficult to tell definitively from the auction house photo.   It has many more die polishing marks all over but the Zerbe has that one trait along with the 17 Berry reverse.  I won the coin, received it and was floored by the strike, luster, eye appeal and overall visual aesthetics of the coin.  In an NGC holder I contacted PCGS wanting to send it in for a crossover but I needed to know the service level to choose.  I was advised how to submit it and what to select for service level and I did.  Shortly after I was contacted to be advised it was not a Zerbe, "rats", but it was a VAM just not one PCGS recognizes yet. So I was right after all. Whew Who! Now is the interesting part... So this pandemic juuust so happened around the time my Coin was going through Quality Check and Imaging. And PCGS shut down, temporarily, the doors to their facility and my Coin is still there.  So why is this a "Can't Wait" and not a Woe part 2?  Well I figured I am going to submit it to ANACS for attribution, then re-submit it to PCGS for the VAM attribution plus Error designation. This is why I can't wait, I am stoked about this and am patiently waiting for enough flattening of the curve of the virus in Cali so PCGS can re-open and finalize the processing of my submission.  Not their fault they have to shut the doors temporarily and so I wait... irrational exuberance (to quote Mr. Greenspan) to complete the full error+VAM attribution on my label.  Who knows...maybe I won't be finished there with all the "submissions" I could continue on? (hands rubbing over each other with "up to something facial expression" and Evil Scientist Laughing while purposefully leaving my reader in suspense). 

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you the 2017S Mint Error, Struck Thru Obverse, Proof Silver Eagle, PF 69 DCAM... "The Moon Eagle".I initially won the Proof Eagle through a major Numismatic Auction House in 2018. I placed the bid on a Wednesday/Thursday because I noticed the fields looked extra black with the devices frosty white. Just an immaculate coin.  The auction would end on Sunday and that Saturday evening prior I decided to look at the picture enlarged and that is when I noticed the mark above Lady Liberty. I thought, "Not a milk spot?". I noticed while enlarged the top line of E had a raised reversed "C" curving down and figured it could be a blemish of debri on the coin inside the slab, or possibly some sticker on top if the slab. When I won the auction and received the coin I instantly said, "That is no milk spot or sticker anywhere".I did take it to a couple of dealers around town and showed them and they said it was interesting but would not consider it an error. This past January at the FUN Show here in town I took it to Fred Weinberg.  One, I could not believe I was sitting down talking to Mr.Error himself and 2) "How does he get these extraordinary errors"? My Lord, sorry I am back in track.  I showed him the coin (mind you at this point it is just graded PF69DCAM Limited Edition First Strike by PCGS) and he said he believed it to be a Struck Thru. However, he said he had never seen one like this ever. He couldn't decipher what caused it and said the challenge for me is to find coin number 2, he also said to have it graded and see if it comes back a Mint Error. I then went to Jason from Orlando Coin Exchange and he liked it instantly and after careful review of the coin he looked up and said, "From this point on it will be called The Moon Eagle".  He advised me to also get it graded. He stated he believed it to be a Mint Error but that it has to be authenticated as such. I sent in the submission to PCGS and it is Official.  I read the Cherrypickers Guide and try when I can to find those overlooked varieties or errors, but for an accidental Cherry pick? This could not be any better.  I have been honored to show the pictures to Mr. Bob Mellor and speak to him.  He reiterated exactly what Fred Weinberg said and it is to find coin number 2.  The Hunt Is On! To be continued...