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How many Top 100 Vams have you cherrypicked?

How many of the Top 100 Vams have you cherrypicked? I have cherried 13 not counting the duplicates.

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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    zero

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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    Zero. Mostly because I don't know what the TOP 100 are.

    Actually, I think I've cherried a couple. I've found an 1882-O/S, 1889-O (E on reverse), and 1900-O/CC. I'll need someone to confirm that these are TOP 100's
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Let me count...one...two...three....okay, zero. image

    Not my cap of tea, but I have great respect for those do enjoy it. It seems like a great way to collect Morgans without getting sucked into ga-ga grades and moon money outlays.
  • IRCWCoinsIRCWCoins Posts: 895 ✭✭


    << <i>Zero. Mostly because I don't know what the TOP 100 are.

    Actually, I think I've cherried a couple. I've found an 1882-O/S, 1889-O (E on reverse), and 1900-O/CC. I'll need someone to confirm that these are TOP 100's >>



    Yes Stone, Those are Top 100's.image
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    Thanks for the confirmation IRCW image
  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've cherried many top 100s. Most are common enough to not go for much of a premium, however, I have had some winners, such as my 1901P VAM 3 Shifted Eagle. I paid $50 for it and it graded VF30 at PCGS. image
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All of 'em except '88-O VAM 1B "Scarface" and 1901-P VAM 3 "Shifted Eagle" image

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,236 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I just count the 100 boxes in the checklist, I've cherrypicked about 2/3 of them.
  • I picked a 1921 vam 3F today. A solid 62 maybe 63 but it has one big hit on the rev. and obs. is 64. Total cost $25.00 very happy day. The dealer ask if I picked off him told him no just some cracks. Thats really all I saw at his B&M. Found the wing gouge after I got it home.image He knows I like VAM's and really does not like to sell to me at a discount, and will nerver let me look at anything new until his know it all son looks at them first, well he missed a good one today. I would like to rub it in image but I get really good pickings and don't want to miss out on them.image
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    The only ones that come to mind that I have missed so far are the 1878 VAM-44 (King of Morgan VAMs), 1888-O VAM-1B (the full scarface, not those 1B1 and 1B2 wannabes) and 1901 VAM-3 (shifted eagle). Oh, haven't made an 1878 VAM-14.11, forgot that one came in as a replacement. Only made 4 of the 9 78-S long nocks, 2 of the O/CC, and a handful of the 79-S PAF rev. Never found a 79-O VAM-28 or an 88-O VAM-24.
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  • just one. an 82 0/s in xf lightly cleaned condition. not much of a find, but for $10 who cares.
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  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424
    None...i have to buy my first morgan before i worry about Cherrypicking a VAM! I'll stay with my Busties image
    Want to buy an auction catalog for the William Hesslein Sale (December 2, 1926). Thanks to all those who have helped us obtain the others!!!

  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374
    Dunno....just going through some of my pics.....approx 57 of them. All raw and 42 of them off ebay.
    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

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