VAMWorld 2.0

If there's nothing listable that's clear enough to make a photo from which other coins can be attributed, I'd call it VAM 1.

May I post these pics to the V13 page? Based on what I see, these are PCGS CoinFacts images. They're rather territorial about their images showing up in online references. They may not have anticipated small "excerpts" of their images being shown and may be OK with it, but we'd have to get permissi...

There are a few 84-S's on their way across my desk. If a new 84-S page shows up, you'll know why.

Interesting. One that escaped the re-engraving department.

Whatever you get, don't get the ones that hold them on an angle in close rows so that you can only see the tag and not the coin through the case. Totally annoying from the standpoint of a potential buyer and in my opinion a bad deal at any price.

Looking forward to seeing it.

Been that was forever, I think. No idea why. I don't include them in my database. ICG has long ones, too. Best I can tell, it's 6 digits for the submission number, 2 for the line item on the submission form, and two more for the item number on that line for when there are multiple coins of the same ...

I unhesitatingly declare that's cool!

There are 150 denticles on each side. On wide reed coins, the reeding will track almost exactly with the denticles. On normal coins, they're obviously off.

It's only VAM 6B if the clashed 'n' can be seen, otherwise it's considered just a LDS VAM 6, which is the most common 1886 die pair.

That letter refers to quarters. I'll bet the BCCS would be interested in that one.

VAM 14A, maybe. The heyday of New Orleans clashed reverse dies was 1883-91, ending with them being spanked by the special assay for producing what we now call 1891-O VAM 1A.

Yes, VAM 5 O/S. Welcome to VAMWorld!

Getting unburied from post-ANA show activites, I figured I'd put out a reminder that I always have a bulk submission open. Quite a few coins to go before it's full. My fee is $6 plus shipping, PCGS's will depend on the grade they assign to the coins, which means I won't know total costs until grades...

bjsilverfox wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:34 pm

Here is my ANACS XF40 1N3 labeled VAM 1N3 VLDS. Very similar to the VLDS pictured in the additional photos section of the attribution page. Hope this helps,

It does. The potential VAM 1N4 I'm looking at is later die stage with the top edge of the "horn" gone, also XF.

dunn2777 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 23, 2023 1:17 pm

Juan,
John is correct, green label has faded to yellow. For some reason it happens on slabs. Good place for reference on PCGS slabs through the years is on their website. Below is the link. Jim

https://www.pcgs.com/holdermuseum

Specifically, PCGS mentions this problem with the Gen 3.0 labels.

Does anyone have a VAM 1N3, with the crack above the T into the rim, in low grade (VGish) for the purpose of showing how the break on the D looks when well worn? If I'm going to list a VAM 1N4, I want to be sure that it can still be differentiated from VAM 1N3 in lower grades where the rim is still ...

Could be an older green one that just faded to yellow. I've seen this before.

Thanks to a big box from DurhamJnKY and lots of notes, I've reworked the 1888 VAM 7 and all of its reverse die stages. Turns out there are 9, all easily observable additions of die gouges. Each of the VAM 7[ABCD][12] pages have been added with simple descriptions of what's new in each stage. It shou...

For sure. Looks like a deep dish pizza. Look how high those devices are. Notice the graininess there on the diagnostics? If we're to believe the seller, it's made out of real coin silver. So this was made by someone who reasonably knew what they were doing. My assumption is that the pictures of the...