VAMWorld 2.0

Recently, I have narrowed down my scope of VAMs that I look for and still do not have in my collection. (There are many) With not much moolah to start with, (especially after the holidays) these two 1880 P Morgans popped up recently at auction and won both for not high amounts. The first pic is VAM ...

impairedsquirrel wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:50 am

Love the reading material Patrick!!

A signed copy to boot!

My desk is usually a mess but I did some New Year cleaning days ago. I built my desk years ago made out of solid red oak. It will be here long after I'm not.

Nice broken mintmark VAM. I'm not sure if it is truly a R-7 VAM but it has many cool features.
I have one in a NGC 63 holder.

If you go to the hsn.com site under coins, you can see some of the ANACS holders they sell. You will find very similar holders that you are questioning.

Though, I did not acquire many in '19, I still love looking at this 1A3 from the wild I did acquire. It also came back in a ANACS XF 45 to boot.

Thanks for posting. This reminds me of the article of the first "adjusted" 1879 O dollar at the New Orleans Mint. Mr. Burdette, you actually gave a informative response to this article (link below). My question about this article would be, is this the first dies used for the 1879 O and if it is, can...

Much info in the NNP. I always like looking in the counterfeit detector manuals.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=co ... 20detector

Thanks all.
According to ANACS population report, the 1891 O VAM 1A3 XF 45 is the highest graded for that VAM. I realize there are some PCGS VAM 1A3's in PCGS holders all the way up to AU 55. I think that has to be my pick of the year.

I second that WOW! Love to see pic of that one.

Though 2019 has been much tougher year to cherry pick great VAMs, I am pleased with what I have found. I took advantage of the ANACS special. I only had 5 Morgan VAM picks for the year, :( so I had to insert another 5 American coins to accomplish the ANACS 10 coin special. These non-Morgans are coin...

IMO it is post mint damage. If not post mint damage, it could only be a strike thru of some sort, but that is a long shot.

A few auctions on the bay and ending Thursday evening. All starting bids at $1.00.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/lioncutter/m.h ... 7675.l2562

Tekkie1 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:17 am

Either of these would work too Patrick.



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Yes, that would work here in guntucky.

Thanks for the responses. I will try all three of these ideas.

What is the best way to take break out a coin from a TPG holder using everyday or around the house items? Is it different for different company's holders say PCGS to ANACS or NGC? Is there one that is difficult to breakout?

What I do from my iPhone is send the photos to my email and when it ask me what file size I want to send it in, I choose the smaller size. So when I open up my email it should be the smaller size pic.

Godspeed to your recovery Mike. Take care of yourself.

Though "eye candy" has different meaning for me, I will go with the flow.

Great article Dennis. The 1895-S VAM 1A is also the toughest one to find in the Broken Mintmark Set. One day, I will find one.
Also, if you didn't find the VAM-e in your mailbox, look in your junk mail. That is where mine landed.