VAMWorld 2.0

impairedsquirrel wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:22 pm

WTG Dennis, but why would you treat your heroes (Fogie)that way?!?!
Now he REALLY DOES have extra slots to fill in his quest!!

@fogie has told me that his greatest coin joy is filling empty slots, so won't having more slots to fill lead to greater happiness?

Mr. Albright deserves jail time.

Got my letter from J.B. today; 5 new 1921-P & Ds... one of which (VAM 131) is Fogie's:

Pcgs Is not forthcoming with information on s/s/s variety, as far as I could tell. I like those old white ANACS holders . :popcorn: . And fort Knox called about some missing gold , told them I ain't seen nothing :lol: ...... Both web sites have the major die variety S/S listed but no pricing as far...

Showoff!!
Mega congrats sir!

(And thank goodness none of them are 1921-Ps.)

AG03.

Rotated reverses are rarely found on anything but O-mints – a very notable exception being 1878-CC – and 1889 is one of the known rotation dates.

John: No it doesn't. I don't know the history details, but as best as I can tell "Weak" was simply the name someone gave to VAM 5 to describe the visual difference it has from VAMs 3 and 4... and it stuck. For all I know it could have been PCGS and it may have been inspired by the Weak vs. Strong 7/...

VAM 4 LDS. The upper diagonal remnant of the S is too complete to be an EDS:

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compu ... 2_O_Over_S

Speaking of polishing lines, there are many on both sides of the coin:

I got a nice surprise a few days ago when a 1921-D arrived that I had been unable to attribute with the too-small auction pictures. I bought it anyway, which I do more often than I probably should, but there’s always a Christmas-like fun to unwrapping the package, getting out the loupes and close-up...

WOW! Talk about a mass execution.
Congrats on cleaning up a nice chunk of the Peace catalog.

messydesk wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:54 am

Almost looks too good to be true.

+1

UNCLE BINGO wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:01 am

@DHalladay What auction site was this on ? Ebay, Hibid , or something more reputable?

It's in my post with the reveal picture of the holder... eBay.

VG08-ish coin with rim bruises. The open 9, and placements of the date & mint mark have me thinking VAM 2?
I have no experience with this date, so thanks for any help.

lioncutter wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:01 pm

I could be wrong, because of the lighting. Are the two obverses shown the same coin?

All photos shown were downloaded off the auction listing.

Here's the reveal.
No it's not my coin; I just found it when going through eBay sales results.

eBay item number: 165729825934

Seller's auction photos shown.
Two-part guessing game here:

1. Guess what grade the certified holder says.
2. Say what your grade is.

That is too bad, because the bidding went absolutely absurd – $1,375 including buyer's fee. The next-highest price I have for that grade the past three years is $168.

Lee: Was the 1882-O/S VAM 5 EDS PCGS-58 your coin?

Welcome aboard CC!!