Recent Denver Coin Show - VAM finds (many pictures)

dcarr · May 28, 2007 5:19PM

Went looking for VAMS at the recent Denver Coin show. Found these (all were bought from dealers loose @ $12.50 each across the board).

1880 VAM-1A Knobbed 8 (these are usually in low grade)

1880 VAM-6 8/7 Spiked 8

1888-O VAM-4 Hot Lips

1899-O VAM-6 Micro o

1921-S Rim Clip

1921 VAM-2 Infrequent Reeding

1921-D VAM-1B1 Die Break Above "R"

1922 Reverse Rotated 15 Degrees

1922-D Reverse Rotated 60 Degrees

1922 VAM-1F Die Break in Reverse Field

1922-D VAM-2F Die Break Above "T"

1922-D VAM-2N Die Break in Obverse Field

1923 Possibly Struck On Type-1 Planchet

1934-D VAM-3 Doubled Die Obverse (Large D)

1921-D Leadville "Sticker Dollar"

The rest are not VAMS, but still pretty nice

There were a few other nice non-VAMs, but those are the highlights

lordmarcovan · May 28, 2007 5:30PM

I sure don't know why they call that one variety "Hot Lips"... if somebody with lips that looked like that was comin' towards me all puckered up, in an attempt to gimme a smooch, I'd flee in terror.

I guess it sounded better than "Herpes Lips".

Edit to add: there's some interesting stuff there. Not enough to bring me into the VAM-cherrypicking fold (I've never been much of one for VAMs or Overton or Sheldon varieties or die varieties in general), but they are kinda neat, I gotta admit.

wam98 · May 28, 2007 7:18PM

Nice haul.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · May 28, 2007 9:00PM

Great group!

dwssws · May 28, 2007 9:03PM

nice finds! thanks for sharing

(nice pics also)

BAJJERFAN · May 28, 2007 9:39PM

So did you tell those dealers; VAM VAM thank you maam?

eyoung429 · May 28, 2007 10:38PM

Very Nice!!!!!

sonoranmonsoon · May 28, 2007 11:08PM

Very nice pictures too!

messydesk · May 29, 2007 12:24AM

Nice haul for one show. There's no such thing as a 1921 VAM 2, though. The diagnostics for theother varieties (13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29) are too small to pick up well in your pictures. I don't see "teeth" above STATES on the reverse, so probably not VAM 25 or 27.

lkrarecoins · May 29, 2007 12:29AM

Please PM me the names of the dealers you "picked"

Great haul!!!!

dcarr · May 29, 2007 1:43AM

<< <i>Nice haul for one show. There's no such thing as a 1921 VAM 2, though. The diagnostics for theother varieties (13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29) are too small to pick up well in your pictures. I don't see "teeth" above STATES on the reverse, so probably not VAM 25 or 27. >>

The coin pictured above does not have the doubled "N", and it does not have the die polish "teeth" above STATES. So what VAM would it be then ?