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  • BIGJAYVEEBIGJAYVEE Posts: 647
    1880-P Vam 10 8/7 bit in BU,and 1880-P Vam 43,R7.
  • ashmoreashmore Posts: 126 ✭✭
    I'm afraid I would have had to give the seller a bit of a stipend on this coin...

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  • ashmoreashmore Posts: 126 ✭✭
    I was talking about the Tail on O/// WHAT a coin!
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,922 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here are mine, need help on one 1899-o and the other is a 1886 3+2 in PCGS 65 unattributed. I didnt want to add all the pics here and slow the thread down.


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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1878-S TOP 30 VAM 28 NGC-63.
    1878-S TOP 30 VAM 28 NGC-64.
    Both from the same collection, unattributed with nearly identical irridescent toning on both sides of both coins.image

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,910 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1921-D VAM-1D AU-50-ish...mid die state, with the break over M and in the denticles, but the one in the denticles over 'F' in 'OF' not complete yet...one of the most broken Morgan dies I've ever seen!
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  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 950 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I was talking about the Tail on O/// WHAT a coin!
    Ash >>



    Thanks, thats two compliments on picks today!
    Here are my picks from the PAN show today:
    1891 O VAM 1A2 - XF, paid $23
    1921 VAM 3E - MS 62, paid $21.50
    1887 VAM 2- Unattributed NGC 63 holder, paid $65, sold @ same show $463
    1921 S 1B6 SEGS 62 - Not a pick, but for $85, it may as well have been
    And the finale... an 1891 VAM 2A LDS XF DETAILS. Paid $17.50 out of a bargain bin, sent it to SEGS @ show, got a personal compliment from Larry Briggs about it.
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>And the finale... an 1891 VAM 2A LDS XF DETAILS. Paid $17.50 out of a bargain bin, sent it to SEGS @ show, got a personal compliment from Larry Briggs about it. >>



    There's a VAM you can't pass up if it has some problems, especially around that grade. And at that price? It would be: "$20 and keep the change." Congrats!
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  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 950 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>And the finale... an 1891 VAM 2A LDS XF DETAILS. Paid $17.50 out of a bargain bin, sent it to SEGS @ show, got a personal compliment from Larry Briggs about it. >>



    There's a VAM you can't pass up if it has some problems, especially around that grade. And at that price? It would be: "$20 and keep the change." Congrats! >>


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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,656 ✭✭✭
    Some awesome show pickups from Top50SetBuilder.

    Heritage was kind to me last night:
    - I was top bidder on the unattributed 1889-O VAM-2 Oval O in PCGS MS62
    - Everybody missed the 1884-O in PCGS MS65 (OGH), VAM-35 Hot 50..got it for common or a bit less. Top pop!

  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>Some awesome show pickups from Top50SetBuilder.

    Heritage was kind to me last night:
    - I was top bidder on the unattributed 1889-O VAM-2 Oval O in PCGS MS62
    - Everybody missed the 1884-O in PCGS MS65 (OGH), VAM-35 Hot 50..got it for common or a bit less. Top pop! >>



    I blew off Heritage and Teletrade yesterday completely. Picked up an unattributed 84-O VAM-35 in PCGS 65 OGH, but for a little over bid not long back. Had to pay a consignor's high TT reserve price to get it.
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  • << <i>Some awesome show pickups from Top50SetBuilder.

    Heritage was kind to me last night:
    - I was top bidder on the unattributed 1889-O VAM-2 Oval O in PCGS MS62
    - Everybody missed the 1884-O in PCGS MS65 (OGH), VAM-35 Hot 50..got it for common or a bit less. Top pop! >>



    Couple really good coins, that 89-O is really tough in MS. Not sure what the PCGS pops are but at NGC only 3 have been graded as MS with 62 being the highest with one of the 3. Great finds.
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  • BIGJAYVEEBIGJAYVEE Posts: 647
    1880-P Vam 11A 8/7 Checkmark

    1880-P,Possible Vam 29 8/7 Jury still out on this one.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,991 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I picked up a toned (the kind you want to dip) PCGS MS64 1878 7TF R79 VAM 203 for $100 under Grey Sheet. Funny how that made the toning not seem so unattractive. image
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  • 84 CC Pcgs 66 vam 7aimage
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  • Nice one Stevo.image


  • << <i>Nice one Stevo.image >>



    have to keep up with you somehow John!imageimage
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  • I have several coins with this pattern, from several years:

    image

    Is this a die clash or something else?

    Can I use it to determine VAM #?
  • that is a die clash and no it will not help you with the vam number!
    just makes you want to look at the coin a little closerimage
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>84 CC Pcgs 66 vam 7aimage >>



    Ties my best one. But mine has a little green sticker on it now. image

    This is one VAM that looks really swell in high grade.
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  • will see at Coinfest if mine can get a little green stickerimage and yes they do look swell in high gradeimage
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    1878-S VAM-78 MS64
    1921-D VAM-BG MS63
    1921 .... damned scribbling scratches, need to figure which one it is (nice lustre)

    before that all: 1886-O VAM-11A PCGS MS61 and an 1887 NGC MS63 that I got because the date crack was similar to the VAM-1B. I was fully aware it was not a VAM-1B but was intrigued enough to buy it anyway.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,286 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
    1921 P

    die break through the "O" in "ONE"
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  • That die break through the O does not ring a bell. Could we get larger pics of both sides?
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  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 950 ✭✭✭
    well, i got the grade back on my 1878 VAM 9 from ANACS:
    AU 53 Details with Cleaning. I cant really complain since i paid $55 for it.
  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    some of the last few weeks latest Vam finds are:

    1878-S BU Vam 19A - "Hit List 40" Cap Band Gouge w/ heavily polish reverse (2nd find in as many weeks)

    1921-S Raw BU Vam 6A - "Hit List 40"Die Scratch between B & U in Pluribus

    1888-O Vam 1A BU - Clashed E LDS

    Len
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    In the mail: 1886-O VAM-11A Hit List 40 PCGS MS61 (upgrades my NGC AU) and a possible new discovery 1887 (NGC MS63).
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  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 950 ✭✭✭


    << <i>some of the last few weeks latest Vam finds are:

    1878-S BU Vam 19A - "Hit List 40" Cap Band Gouge w/ heavily polish reverse (2nd find in as many weeks)

    1921-S Raw BU Vam 6A - "Hit List 40"Die Scratch between B & U in Pluribus

    1888-O Vam 1A BU - Clashed E LDS

    Len >>


    are you the one that got that 6A off heritage in the rattler?
  • Good day today at the coin show.
    1880-P Vam 11A NGC 63
    1880-P Vam 47A NGC 64,
    and my best of the day!!!!
    1880-P Vam 32A NGC 63,with amazing toning.
  • guess Gsna is already cherrypicked overimage will look over what remains tomorrow!

    nice pickups!image
    steve

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,286 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No clue image
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,991 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cherried an 1878-S MS64 PCGS VAM 19A the other day. It's so pretty I can hardly stand it. image
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  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    are you the one that got that 6A off heritage in the rattler?

    Nope, TopSetBuilder.....mine was an EBAY Raw snag
    In Loving Memory of my Dad......My best friend, My inspiration, and My Coin Collecting Partner

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  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    duped post image
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139


    << <i>I cherried an 1878-S MS64 PCGS VAM 19A the other day. It's so pretty I can hardly stand it. image >>



    That's weird too. Of the few 19As I have cherried, all also have been attractive. Can't say that for all of the date in general.
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    Tonight....

    1878 VAM-131A PCGS MS63
    1885-O VAM-1B ANACS MS63 (I hoard these)
    1901 VAM-16 ANACS XF45 (attributed on VAMQuest)

    Yesterday....

    1890 VAM-15A PCGS MS64 (I hoard these too)

    And the day before....

    1882-O/S VAM-4 EDS PCGS AU53
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  • Raybob15239Raybob15239 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    I picked up an unattributed 1878 S VAM76 yesterday at the nearby B&M. Paid $70 for it. Nice MS coin, and a Hit List 40 to boot. (Thought it was a VAM 50 when I cherried it, but 76 aint a bad find either.

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,956 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I cherried an 1878-S MS64 PCGS VAM 19A the other day. It's so pretty I can hardly stand it. image >>


    I have two of these, and they're both very attractive. The reverses have lots of contrast, but because of extra frosty devices rather than mirrored fields. IIRC, one was passed around the "VAM table" at the FUN PCGS Collector's Club lunch in 2007 that was in a 67 or 68 holder. I think it was Lloyd's.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,991 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John:

    I remember that coin; it was Lloyd's.

    The one I just got has a fairly deep-dish obverse with "I'm trying to be PL" surfaces, a killer strike, and a fair amount of die polishing. There are still some clashing remnants in front of the neck, chin and lips, and behind the cap. A rim crack is also splitting the E in E PLURIBUS. The reverse is slightly dished, doesn't have as much die polish, and isn't as semi-PL as the obverse. But every time I flip it back over to the obverse I smile at how pretty it is.
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  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    Arrived today....My first 1878-S Long Nock VAM 58!!! VF Raw

    Didnt know she was a VAM 58 until I got her in the mail.

    To date, I've found the VAM 26 & 27 and three coins I still cannot attribute.

    Also, a Raw BU 1888-0 Vam 1A, very Early Die state...Another first, since the few I have are all LDS's.


    Len

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  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 950 ✭✭✭
    Ohio State NA show:
    A generally terrible show. Was coordinated at the same time as a breast cancer walk which has the street blocked off! I did get a chance to talk with John Roberts though.
    1888 O Hot Lips VF - $19
    Edited to add:
    1890 VAM 15A AU - $20
  • 1880-P Vam 29image
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    TT pickup arrived: 1878-S VAM-91 NGC MS64, an R6 variety. Struck on a striated planchet and toned in subtle colors so it has a weird look to it. Another one off of the check list. Kept finding VAM-48 and VAM-84 examples of this reverse and now, finally, a VAM-91.
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  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    Not exactly in the same league as the 1X, but scalped a 1921-D 1AQ "Rim Cud between B & U" today

    An R-7 with a high coolness factor at an ultra cool price: $28 RAW AU-ish


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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,656 ✭✭✭
    Not exactly in the same league as the 1X, but scalped a 1921-D 1AQ "Rim Cud between B & U" today

    Very very rare, congrads.

    I see that Rob's photo...is yours the same LDS?
  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    Not exactly in the same league as the 1X, but scalped a 1921-D 1AQ "Rim Cud between B & U" today
    Very very rare, congrads.

    I see that Rob's photo...is yours the same LDS?


    Thank you, Jack.....yes, the coin is a LDS and has all features, including the diagnostic break at the 2nd left star.

    There is also what appears to be an interesting chip on the reverse above the "A" in states.

    Thx again,
    Len


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  • OK, time for a Peace $ now... image. Who sees it....
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  • 8a? I see the breakimage but am noyt strong on Peace dollars ( but getting betterimage
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    Today --

    1883-O VAM-17A (R6) NGC MS65
    1921 VAM-18 (R6) NGC MS65
    1921 wide reeds -- still attributing
    1921-D VAM-1AD (R6)
    1921-D -- haven't attributed yet
    1921-D -- new discovery
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  • Yep, 8a... might 62.....

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