VAMWorld 2.0

Wow. Tremendous amount of work! Thanks for sleuthing and the tenacity to get them figured out.

Difficult to raise another person's child - but it is possible.

fogie wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:30 am

Yup

I agree with that assessment. Doubling the input's value...

According to the oracle in the Matrix... you created the scenario by the power of your thought.

The next and more important question knowing this is: What new and exciting future reality are you willing to create?

Temet nosce, my friends...

What an incredible hot mess!

Reminds me of some past relationships - but at least this coin will hold its value over time...

Agree, nice find! Love the little details on this - took a good eye to spot.

I've often looked at a coin, not able to type it immediately but sense something about it looks 'right.' The result is more often than not me purchasing yet another variety I already have one or two of... picking up a nice coin but not filling a hole in my proverbial book. Sometimes, though, I get s...

Brilliant and appreciated input. Because of your quick response rates and high-quality of inupt, I'm doubling all of your current salaries and immediately paying you a triple bonus over what you received last year. No, make that a sextupling of your previous bonus. Just like the 1883-P VAM-10 stars,...

I don't have anything to share but an opinion. I would stay away from minting processes and anything technical. I would show a few of the Top 100 Morgans that anyone can see with the naked eye and are actually worth some money. Let's say Hot Lips, Shifted Eagle, Scar Face, etc. I don't know how sop...

I'm being invited to speak to the Nottingham Numismatic Society in the autumn and I'd love to help get a few locals more interested in VAMming... I'm putting together some slides but wanted to see if the community have any they'd be willing to share. Not just about VAMs, but what led to Trade dollar...

Bellissimo - è stupefacente!

Beats my NGC 61 that I recently found and was 'oltre la Luna' over.

Great find and fantastic coin.

Hi Loy and welcome to the site. Don't want to sound condescending but to get 'new finds' requires a lot of ruling things out - matter of fact, you must rule out everything already described in order to find a true discovery coin. This means first you must ensure you've checked all the major descript...

A fantastic Vam with tons going on within. A total rotton shame the value has plummented to bargain basement IMHO Typical case of many ms examples being found after initial discovery and high value originally. MS 64 quite available with ms65 tough find but out there. if memory serves me correct, or...

Great post - thanks for sharing all the information. Buying is one thing we all think about... but most don't think about the natural second part: selling! Like the death that naturally follows life, we often live beliving we're blissfully unaware or immune to the end, unprepared for the eventual to...

fogie wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:02 am

Thank You!!

Agree. Thanks John. Raising another person's child is never an easy thing but with persistence, patience and a fair share of care it is possible!

My inexperineced 2-cents - I hope my comments are to help us all learn a bit, but they are far from official! Can't be a VAM-2 with doubling of the date. The VAM-2 description is set without date doubling. Has to be something else. I also do not see significant tilting of the mintmark. There is alwa...

Adding my thanks for sharing the story. The smiles summarize it all.

Um... w.o.w.z.e.r.s.

First thing I'd want to do is poke it with a stick. If it survived, I'd think this is a die break. No way that's a dash mark. Thanks and will gently poke. With as many scratches on it already one more might not harm it if I poke too hard. Agree it doesn't look like a dash even if it's in the right ...

1883 was a good year for dashing around. The Brooklyn Bridge was openend in May after 13 years of construction. Supposedly the world's first rodeo was held in Pecos, Texas. And the Philadelphia, San Fran and New Orleans mints were busily adding them below the second 8... At least 6 varieties from Ph...

DHalladay , what a wonderful read. Thanks for sharing and educating us. Living in the UK now I'm fortunate to attend multiple talks on coin histories and perspectives I'd never known living in the U.S. One club I am a part of and will be presenting to in the autumn (on VAMs!) is the Numismatic Soci...