VAMWorld 2.0

Now that you bring this up, I do remember some of the sequence to design changes and I always assume that he made the models and did the design work. But was Morgan ever called upon to correct hubs or dies was my question, and if so, did he "tinker" and inadvertently create what we know as "VAMs"? A...

Well we do know that things other than die cracks and breaks are out there in abundance. Little gouges, scratches, scribbles, etc. Some were done in repolishing dies at the branch Mints for sure, but some had to be done at the Mint before shipment. Just a little food for thought. How many did he per...

Well I was pondering this one the other day and certainly don't know the answer, but here is George working away at his job. In his capacity at the Mint did he in fact personally create some of the VAMs we now collect? In theory he would have been responsible for VAM 1 I would suppose, but did he to...

Once I read the book I started to use it as a reference. As I remember I kind of read a chapter a day because it isn'r light reading. Once you get through it you will understand a lot more on the processes at the Mint.

I think getting Leroy's perspective on new or popular VAMs would be welcomed information. His perspective on how our hobby evolved is unique, and he has more knowledge than any of us. I have a feeling that if we were to vote on the current 100/50/40/Hot lists 80%+- would probably not change. But to ...

I think you hit it right on the numbers. The old site was informational but not to modern web standards.

The other thing here is featuring outstanding sets in a way you can see the effort and accomplishments.

I ran into this web site from another collector who studies toned Morgans and I have to give them credit. This is well done and references the work done by Doug Kurz.

https://www.monstertonedmorgans.com/all ... ed-morgans

Worth a few minutes to visit and enjoy.

Well I would probably pay more attention to a VAMworld Top 100/50/40/Hot based on the experience level here. Not that the authors of the other lists are not knowledgeable, but they are selling a product and perpetuating the list and reputations is a factor. Someone, probably JB, compiled the List of...

Interesting because I think we blindly accept these lists as time tested and fact. I know I have my thoughts about the desirability and rarity of coins. Maybe this is good food for thought since no group knows Morgan VAMs better and perhaps our leaders should help define those lists. I worry about a...

Does anyone know the last time the Top 100, or Hit List 40, or Hot 50 lists were updated?

And who governs these lists?

As in making even tokens from cancelled dies at least breaks the spirit of the regulations?

I have to admit that this is a bit of an enjoyable rabbit hole.

Good luck with the sales, but you don't have to own them all to be a VAMer.

I just want to finish my E clash set and start upgrading some of the lower grades. I only need 2 to finish . 1891 O Vam 3A1 and 1888 O vam 1a1 I think as I just picked a early state 1a2 I believe. I would like to upgrade my 1891 O Vam 1A3 to AU-50 or at least XF if I can find one. I really like thi...

This year one of my goals, and probably the top goal, is to prove or disprove the existence of the 1881-O VAMs 29 and 31. VAM 29 - Doubled 18 and Stars was discovered back in 1998, but there are no images and only one has been recorded. VAM 31 - Doubled 18 was discovered in 2001 and is also supporte...

With Photoshop you really don't need a direction, but this looks like an image worth a little more study.

But without the full coin images real or fake is indeterminable.

No chance of a planchet not ejecting and being restruct?

The full coin images would help a lot to see if the rotation was the same on both sides.

I got a letter off to Leroy late last week to get the benefit of his experience on VAMs 1 and 1A. I will post more on this today or tomorrow

I thought this one was interesting because I had a conversation where it was thought that the soft packs were uaed only for circulated coins and this would debunk that

Good question, but they have lasted since the GSA sale which I think was back in the 60s.

Here is a new one for me. I guess PCGS has started encapsulating GSA soft packs like NGC.