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RogerB wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:28 pm

CascadeChris wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 08, 2020 6:00 pm

Boom. My deductive reasoning rarely fails me

It is somewhat strange that they left off the & Roebuck part though, as JB eluded to.

Roebuck was a stamp collector, that's why his name was omitted. I guess when they sold stamps, the holder said "Roebuck & Co."

Thats odd..

Boom. My deductive reasoning rarely fails me

It is somewhat strange that they left off the & Roebuck part though, as JB eluded to.

This is probably shortly after the Treasury release, but after clad coinage started. I have my doubts that it's "that" Sears. The holder probably would have been more decoratively printed and said "Sears, Roebuck & Co." or have the then official logo. Maybe I'm wrong. I think Tom DeLorey might know...

Assuming its that Sears, my guess is it was in their 1960s/70s catalog. Sears & Roebuck used to sell everything. At the turn of the 20th century they were the Amazon of the day. Anything you could think of they pretty much had. I think they still had the catalogs up until the late 80s/early 90s and ...

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Sexy additon for the prime number date for sure... And way to get JR & Mark's momentary hopes up with that title JB!

Does it amaze anyone else that, in our hobby, a couple near microscopic die scratches can accurately be described as "an easy marker"? Right. It does train our eyes well though. You'd be surprised (probably not) at the amount of times family and random people give us compliments on our ability to s...

Nice pick. Its not too bad. Looks like a little magic could make her purdy again

If I had an MS69 Morgan, I wouldn't be looking to get a new VAM assigned to it. Right. But Jack Lee did own one or two. That was my thought process anyway :lol: The PCGS 69s are all 80-S and 81-S, except for one 96-S. That Jack Lee is not the VAM Jack Lee. Really? I've always had a gnawing suspicio...

messydesk wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:51 am

If I had an MS69 Morgan, I wouldn't be looking to get a new VAM assigned to it.

Right. But Jack Lee did own one or two. That was my thought process anyway

Yuppers i would like to re-ask my question after reading it. i mean is it the highest graded dc of any vam discovery morgan? not just for the vam or year. ty Oh, I wouldn't be the one to answer that but I highly doubt it. There has to be a 67+ or maybe 68 DC out there. Hell, maybe even one of the 6...

I cherrypicked one raw at the Chicago show last year that came back 62 or 3 in JBs bulk sub. Think I sold it though so can't tell you about the strike. If it had a weak strike it wasn't weak enough to make me remember. Nice pick. Congrats!

pup_picker wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:02 am

CascadeChris wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:12 pm

Here's the first one he did for me. The 82s v36 DC with intense concave obv in PCGS ms67...

is that one the top pop known discovery coin? air is thin for gem unc dc! gratz

not sure about dc dc. deep cam disoveries

Yuppers

vampicker wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:04 pm

My article about the 1883-O VAM 33 is now published in the July-August edition. It's a discussion about how a die can be hubbed thru debris.

Can you shoot a link or if no link can you take pics of the article and post em???

Once the coin arrives I’ll get some pics . I will be sending this to @messydesk for attribution to as well as a few others I’ll possibly pay to have him photo it as well If you're sending him any with gorgeous liquidy luster, concave fields, exceptional toning etc. Basically coins with PQ eye appea...

Holy testicle fortitude Batman!

vamsterdam wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:54 pm

Now if someone else would post pictures...not naming names...it’s so easy a caveman can do it...

JohnGoldsmith wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:26 am

Denomination:$
Type:MORGAN
Date:1878
Mintmark:CC
Variety:VAM-6 DDO TOP 100
Grade:POOR 1

I told you JR loved Bunny Rabbits.

Meh, maybe he just thinks sometimes ya gotta throw a bunny a carrot

So Ash saw this coin in-hand and said he thought it could be an unlisted VAM?

Ok, the 1a2 is awesome but that isn't the lead here guys... Brian is posting pics!!! 🤯 🥳