VAMWorld 2.0

DHalladay wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:53 pm

vampicker wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 17, 2023 7:54 pm

...and yet, you'll still try.

So true!
And I just found another D, so just 73 to go.

You got a few days still.

I used to use SEGS only for the listed counterfeit Morgan dollars. Probably have not considered them in a long time, even when Larry still owned it. ICG is good for getting Potty dollars (defaced Trade dollars, like Hobo Nickels) graded and slabbed and they have been quite fast in my experience.

And they were all probably dated 1803 (BB-255).

The counterstamped antiqued ones were the circulated release and the best would be AU58, which is what I got on that one. The other two releases of this were (1) overstruck on a 1921 Peace dollar, not counterstamp (100 minted, limit 1 per person, top grade MS70, which is what I got) and (2) the bulk...

This is splitting hairs on unrelated issues. The Registry has -W and -(W) accommodations for BU strikes. Regardless of the burnished label, they are both there. We can add or drop "burnished" there, but it shouldn't make any difference. They are distinct for each year. West Point minted non-proof si...

Oh, I know what you are getting at. Those were all in. I was then informed that all of the (W) BU strikes were burnished, regardless of how they were tagged. So the two groups were consolidated into one for each date and the duplicate deleted. So, whether it says burnished or not, just put 2011-(W),...

If we are missing any, we will add them. They would be distinct. The vanity labels are a distraction though. I tried to align scoring for them with populations and the market. That can be revisited. The 69 to 70 valuation jump has structurally been accommodated. I only did for the fist several years...

Picked my box (of 5 sets) up yesterday. Will flip to PCGS to pick up at FUN. If I get enough 70s, I might submit a couple sets (then graded) there to get dual holders to pick up at Long Beach.

Did the code and did basic testing. Updated for 1986 (MS) and 1986-S (PF) silver eagles. They look good. Now it is just a matter of doing the factors for the other dates. I will try to do those over the course of the day or weekend. This is a good improvement for those two modern series. Need to add...

Even the step up for proofs from 69 and 70 is not aligned with valuation step ups. One thing that might work is to add a 70 factor to the scoring for some Ikes and ASEs. I will probably do that to correct the disparity. Just a matter of having a little time to identify where all the scoring algorith...

I released all of my silver eagles, except one, at least a year ago. I had all 70s in the completion end except for 1995-W (a 69 and a 68). But I do see the scoring issue. The one issue is the DCAM multiplier. We know that the regular proofs are all DCAM. The other issue is due to the eventual scori...

Maybe VAM-8. The doubling on that one can be subtle, especially in lower grades.

VAM-9 could involve multiple dies. I think I discovered the VAM-9B, which is clearly not the same die pair as VAM-9A, for instance.

I do dislike the fact that there is a favoritism in Grading to the Big Boys, they never seem to have a 67-68-69. If you watch the TPG POP reports from start to current, there is large increase in lower grades only after time goes on. Seems odd. My understanding is the power submitters only get 70 g...

If I'm following the jist of JC's OP one I would suggest from my short discovery list is the 1901-O VAM-36a. It's a strong clasher in a series that features some strong clashers (so there are eyes on them looking for clashing), yet I'm not aware of a second example coming to light in over a decade....

My five sets are processing too. I guess I will hold off on sending my box of submissions in until that order arrives.

I don't want to say how many to pick. I'd rather you come up with a list of cuds, rank them by impressiveness, then we'll figure out where to draw a line. As was mentioned earlier, the "cud city" slot in the Wow list is a good place to start. Exactly. Just propose candidates. Might be something to ...

Well, so much for that. https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/news-bulletin-mint-withdraws-1794-dollar-designs-from-american-liberty-program "The United States Mint has canceled plans to use the 1794 Flowing Hair dollar designs for the 2024-2025 American Liberty medal and coin program, citing obje...

Looks like @fogie took care of those things.

I added them and updated the sets. There were two VAM-2K without links or images. They are now VAM-2K1. The respective owners will need to determine if they are later die states and, if so, change their attributions and rebuild their 1922-S sets.

I am actually surprised that we do not yet have a cud set, completable or not. I wish we had noticed the Hot Lips cud state earlier. At this point, we have so many (the most registered VAM) registered, that it is impractical to revisit them all to see which are that state. It would be interesting to...