A chrome plated Hot Lips??? Really??

blacksmoke

Unbelievable..
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GoldenEyeNumismatics

based on the reverse I'd say it was in a belt buckle.

jmcu12

And for only $1500 you too can own it!

braddick

What would that be worth in blemish/problem free AU condition?

BaronVonBaugh

Looks more like scrap silver to me now.

jmcu12

I think maybe $1000 - unless I am behind on my pricing. In that condition - I would pay $100.

astrorat

coindeuce

just wow. $14.99 for the coin, and $1484.96 for the chrome. such a deal.

kimber45ACP

DennisH

Seller has been trying to move that for a couple of months now. Totally ruined... to the point that even melt may be too high.

pjcoins

tis a shame. coin would be about 400 if it was original.

cmerlo1

I think I just threw up a little.

coindeuce

<< <i>tis a shame. coin would be about 400 if it was original. >>



Try about 5X+ your estimate. There are presently only 4 certified Unc examples of '88-O Vam 4.

1 @ MS-60 DMPL
2 @ MS-61
1 @ MS-62

I sold a raw AU-55 at least 10 years ago @ $1500.

BustHalfBrian

Almost definitely ex-jewelry. A real shame, too.

Davideo

<< <i>Almost definitely ex-jewelry. A real shame, too. >>



Ex-jewelry, still looks like current jewelry! Haha. Maybe we can get some rapper to wear this around his neck and increase awareness to Morgan VAMs.

lostincoins

This makes me angry.

BustHalfBrian

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<< <i>Almost definitely ex-jewelry. A real shame, too. >>



Ex-jewelry, still looks like current jewelry! Haha. Maybe we can get some rapper to wear this around his neck and increase awareness to Morgan VAMs. >>



Perhaps I'm not picking up on your sarcasm, but what I meant was, it was likely once in a bezel.

Davideo

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<< <i>Almost definitely ex-jewelry. A real shame, too. >>



Ex-jewelry, still looks like current jewelry! Haha. Maybe we can get some rapper to wear this around his neck and increase awareness to Morgan VAMs. >>



Perhaps I'm not picking up on your sarcasm, but what I meant was, it was likely once in a bezel. >>



Correct. Typically ex-jewelry just has things like bezel marks. The chrome plating, to me at least, still makes it current jewelry. It's hardly a coin at this point.

BillJones

<< <i>This makes me angry.


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That is one ugly kitty. Since I'm not a cat fancier, they all sort of look like that to me. Most of the time when they get in my lap the claws come out. My wife says they are "needing" wantever they call it. To me just hurts.

And no, that piece is no longer a coin; it's a piece of jewelry. They should have left it on the belt buckle.

ricko

Too bad.... almost certainly a belt buckle coin (could have been something else - but I have seen a lot of Morgans in buckles)...Cheers, RickO

CaptHenway

I agree with the belt buckle diagnosis.

coinkat

I suppose one never sees all there is to see... Or in the alternative wish they had not.

johnny9434

thats totally unreal. only on fleebay lol

rec78

I think it was plated before smoeone figured out what it was-most likely before the VAM book appeared. Really, a mare cull in that condition, worth melt.

Rampage

I would have a hard time even paying $50 for it. It certainly is probably worth it, but I have three in PCGS XF45 now and about 15 lower than that, and a couple raw. I would like an AU one, but for $1500, I could by a really nice AU55+.

DorkGirl

They aren't that rare. At any given time on Ebay there are usually 150 or so for sale. For me, it's not that big of a deal. The coin wasn't AU to begin with.