VAMWorld 2.0

Top Pop for SSDC is defined as the highest graded example (plus ties) for each VAM that is registered with SSDC. Higher grade examples may exist elsewhere, but a coin has to be registered at SSDC in order to be an SSDC Top Pop. As VAM collectors, we know the EDS/ULDS question is a valid one, but the...

Good work sir!

...kenny wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:10 am

'thing' is not an actual term for attribute or used in actual attribution. BUT, it does work...

Well, it started out to be thing-y, but I decided to be a bit more formal.

I like that vertical thing inside the lower loop of the 2nd 8. And the horizontal thing in the lower opening of the 2 is interesting.

messydesk wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:42 pm

1921 VAM 1BU

Bingo!
Congratulations!!

1890-S

Just to repeat from my initial post in this thread, all of my photos are the 2nd S in STATES on a 1921-P.

We're now up to 107 coins that have maps. But that's still less than half of the 230 different VAMs currently known. As I did this project with my own coins, 8 different ones turned out to be so EDS that there were absolutely no cracks on either side. Later die state examples will likely be different.

I was looking through my 1921-P set for "Bean Bottom S" coins when I ran across this VAM 1BT Discovery Piece. I have no clue what is going on in the bottom loop of the 2nd S in STATES. Here are several photos, with the light source coming from slightly different angles and the ANACS holder slightly ...

messydesk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 26, 2023 4:36 am

Excellent! Looks nice. Sticking with the template makes it easier to view them all quickly. Thanks for doing this. Hoping you have a graphics tablet of some sort.

No tablet. Just Photoshop, a mouse, and a 27" monitor.

Thank you @fogie for uploading them to the die crack attribution guide.

Nothing makes you understand what the most common places for cracks are on 1921-Ds quite like drawing map after map.

Grey Sheet for 62 and 63 is $85 and $120, so you scored!
There's no VAM premium, though.

So do I. (And I had to look up pareidolia. Neat word.)

I haven't been able to find this coin in either the Scribbles Guide or the Die Crack Break Guide. But before I dump it into the lap of messydesk I need to see if anyone here recognizes it. Thanks for any help/suggestions. The scribbles are impressive, especially the ones outside the eagle's right le...

I also lobbied Ian for over a year about the consistent VAM attribution accuracy of VSS over NGC and PCGS, using coins that were currently running in GC auctions as evidence. I'm proud to have been a part of that chorus, and happy for Ian and Rae about the extra business it has brought them.

Cash In Hand?

Not easy in any grade.
Congrats!

Total VAM 1U population registered at SSDC is 27 (breakdown shown below), which for a variety that is so large and so well known, strikes me as not very many.

weth wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:38 pm

Yeah, I'm not sure I have a handle on this one yet. I saw Photo 7 and thought of the parallel gouges on VAM 1BQ, but I don't think this is an exact match.

Same conclusion here Tom.
The gouges spacing on pix #7 is much wider, and it lacks the adjacent (to the right) pair of gouges that 1BQ has.

Photo #7 is not in the 1921-P D1 scribbles guide, which means there is a good chance it is a new discovery.

My suggestions is to get @messydesk to take a look, and if it is a new discovery coin get me, @fogie and @weth in a bidding frenzy for it.

When Heritage raised its buyer's fee to 20% several years ago, I had concerns there might be serious trickle down effects on consignors, who would see smaller net proceeds and would ultimately seek out other selling alternatives. It's taken longer than I expected. But when Heritage raised its minimu...