VAMWorld 2.0

Yeah, it means JR is reviewing your coins. I look for it for my submissions a few times daily like a nut. I have one there now and am timing it. *taps toe* (It'll be done by the time I get to Denver in a couple weeks I hope.)

It is very nice to use the app and online access that comes with the appropriate subscription (often a bundle special). It has links to auctions for each grade too, many that you won't find in coinfacts. In the past, it was worth an issue once or twice a year. Now this does add genuine value.

I was just looking at those as I bought one that appears to be unlisted. Yours is probably VAM-17. That lower S is pretty distinct. A few not listed as engraved leaves, older listings, do have them as well. The obverse also appears to be a VAM-17 lock. That gouge at the hair tip below the designer's...

Thanks for being dressed when you shot the pics. I have seen a couple eBay lots of shiny things where the seller was not so careful about in that regard.

vampicker wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:31 pm

alefzero wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:04 pm

Did I cross a line on that other reply of mine?

Nope, VAM 6 hit my annual list in 2012, while VAM 8 was on the 2019 list. A guy probably wouldn't go wrong with either or both.

Or a VAM-9 either.

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It's fun to have goals. And heck, I just might even get within striking range of you two in a bit. Heritage just helped me out by selling a MS63 VAM 7A that nobody else seemed interested in, so that will boost my set... I doubt that is the one I sold Jeff years back (cert ends in 0083). He won't be...

You could find a new 1878-CC variety. ......or you could ask me where that VAM-14A I registered yesterday is for sale and break out the wallet (after confirming my hesitant attribution).

I agree with vamsterdam. Used to see these with some frequency 30 years or so ago. I got lucky finding a PCGS 65 or 66 a while back, after not seeing one for years and none since. The VAM-8, I think, is the sleeper for the date though. I have only found one ever. Rarer than the VAM-6 and the VAM-9. ...

I had a prooflike VAM-9 and that piece is in a completely different league. It was clearly a different strike.

I don't find ICG inferior. Their holders are scuff magnets, but their grading is not that bad. The propaganda of one or two grading services to grab marketshare has moved a lot of conservatively graded ANACS and ICG coins, via crossover, to PCGS and NGC, also for their registry participation and CAC...

Reminds me of the OOOOOOLD picking days, before so many others were doing it too.

Really clear PUPs for that one.

Wish I had had the foresight to plan that one. Have wanted to do that show for some time. Nice April show.

Hoping someone will do the guide authoritatively soon. Ash knows Morgans and has worked that. If it does not get together soon enough, I will tap a couple people to help me get it going. The infrastructure for it is all there.

LateDateMorganGuy wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 02, 2023 3:54 pm

Cool John. I had one similar.

Very cool. Maybe we can get a Hit List lamination set going.

Tekkie1 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:56 pm

Funny how a "hot mess" like that could be such a thing of beauty.
So this is also graded at MS64?

Yeah, in an error slab though (as it should).

I had the 1880-O VAM-7 in PCGS MS64 before. Long gone now. But I picked another, but this one was extra cool because of a huge lamination and right at that pitted date.

Well, opening this thread was a let down, Dennis. I thought you had finally capitulated and started on 1921-S Morgans too.

I recall that when the Top 100 came out, this was unknown in Mint State, only 2 or 3 AUs were known, and it was considered among the highest rarity in all grades. Well, it is difficult to attribute and pick in VF and below without other markers, admittedly. Times have changed and UNC have been found...