VAMWorld 2.0

Have you verified that ICG can and will make VAM attributions on your two coins? Not all grading companies can/will attribute all of them. Rarity ratings on the VAMworld attribution pages are not VAMworld's, but rather Leroy Van Allen's. They were estimates at the time they were first made, they hav...

OMG, OMG.
Congrats to all of us for making LVA's life... busy.

I have held off joining this discussion due to the photos provided. There's an almost 'greasy' quality to them (or is it focus?) that makes them essentially impossible for me to make evaluations from. The E-S-O crack is very similar to a handful of known 1921-P VAMs, but all of them have other crack...

messydesk wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:30 pm

To be honest, if you want to sell those, send them to Great Collections. 10% buyer's fee and $10 seller fee for lots over $1000. I see no reason to list anything valued over $1000 on eBay.

I agree.

I have a PCGS XF40. I would dread trying to replace it. There are 2 coins in my L.N. set that I hold out a trace of hope of one day upgrading. VAM 62 is not one of them. The price I paid probably felt painful at the time, but it has long since passed, and if I ever get a chance to buy another at the...

messydesk wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:32 am

I invited a few hundred people to join today during the ANA Webinar. I'm sure some will.

Bolt the doors and hide the liquor!

My group has been there since December.

Congratulations – and thanks especially for letting us know that LVA is back at it in some capacity. This is a good Monday indeed.

VamHelsing wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:15 pm

I used to be able to find Ash's article on the separate H1-H8
die progressions here. I can't find it now.. Help?

It's at the SSDC main page, under Archives >> VAMview Quarterly >> issue #9

messydesk wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:09 pm

There was a VAM-e on this variety several years ago (4/12/2014) showing 5 stages.

Thank you John!

However, several of the cracks I posted are not included in even the latest die state discussed in the article.

But my questions are: – is the crack from the S in states supposed to go all the way through the right wing and touch the denticle above D in UNITED? – Is the crack from BU in PLURIBUS supposed to almost touch the I in PLURIBUS? 24523976 6 crack IBU.jpg – Is there supposed to be a radial die crack o...

I have one of these in MS64 and it has the key VAM 12A diagnostics shown and/or discussed on the attribution page: – die break through the O in DOLLAR – crack in the wreath above LAR – cud forming in the denticles above IBE in LIBERTY – cud forming in the denticles below the date – crack from S in S...

I share your enthusiasm for VAM 62, and even moreso for VAM 60. Here is everything I have in my database for those two VAMs since 2009: 1878-S 60 62 DM PCGS Dec-13 H $24,675 1878-S 60 62 DM PCGS Jul-10 PP $20,000 1878-S 60 60 DM PCGS Apr-17 H $14,100 1878-S 60 55 ANACS Jan-12 E $14,500 1878-S 60 45 ...

vamsterdam wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:59 am

1883p v10 ms62, 1889o v1a2 au58, 1878 vam 9 au50, 1878 v14a au50

That's a really good group!

Great VAM! Bravo.
What approximate grade?

Why am I zero percent surprised?

Vam-mysterio wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:11 pm

Any Help pinpointing vam
Will be appreciated

Photos will help.

It looks more like VAM 4 to me. It doesn't look like the outside/top right or outside/bottom left of the S have enough 'stuff' going on to be VAM 2.

Whatever is coming out of the top of the 2nd 8 is much, much too far right to be a VAM 6/6A. My best guess looking at a photo is it is a small strike-through or a nick of some kind.

What?