For the VAM Guys....

Bruceswar · February 23, 2008 7:24PM

I was sent with 10 Morgans I was supposed to help an older man move. Anyhow these are all CC dollar, which is the good part. 9 GSA's and 1 Loose 85 CC. All the coins are UNC. So in an effort to help this family friend out I have been doing as much research as possible. I had seen these coins back about 2 years or so. Well I noticed the 1885 CC had some clashing going on so I said lets take a gander at Vamworld.com Best move I ever made. But now I am left with some questions. Not being much of a VAM person I am a bit lost as to the rarity ratings and how they hold up today and which one may have changed one way or another. These Morgans have not seen the light of the market since the late 70's early 80's. Anyhow here is a list of what I came up with going by what Vamworld said.

1882 CC VAM-3B (R5)
1882 CC VAM-2C (R6)
1883 CC VAM-4A (R5) ?
1883 CC VAM-5A (R5) ?
1883 CC Undetermined
1884 CC VAM-1 (R2)
1884 CC VAM-4A (R5)
1884 CC VAM-4A (R5)
1884 CC VAM-4B (R6)
1885 CC VAM-2A (R6)

As you see there are 3 R6 coins and 5 R5 coins. Now that you Vamers have wet your pants (LOL J/K) and I spent hrs pouring over Vamworld I need some help. Besides the eye strain of looking thru a loop for while, How good are these rarity ratings? I mean do they hold up well or are they getting slaughtered with new finds? The ones I marked with a "?" Did not 100% match up but were very close to the VAM's listed. The last 1883 CC I have marked as undetermined did not really match up well with any of the VAM's listed. I may relook again on that one. Any insight that can be provided would be of great help! You know I think this VAM bug has me now. I will be pouring over all my morgans next few days and seeing if I am as lucky as this man. Do any of these VAM's hold real extra value or are they just like some of the Overton numbers that are common and do not command any premium? Again any help that can be provided would be a great help. I am sure I will have more questions.

Bruceswar · February 24, 2008 4:25AM

ttt

Bruceswar · February 24, 2008 4:35AM

I should add I am more interested in the knowledge than the monitary value of the coins. Granted that is the bottom line in all this, but I am a sucker for knowledge.

DorkGirl · February 24, 2008 8:36AM

All the money is in the mint mark and GSA holders for those coins. VAMmers are funny, they don't want to pay extra for an attributed coin, all the fun is in cherry picking it. There may be some that will pay extra for the VAM, but most of us will try to go out and find one on our own. It's like the graded GSA's on Ebay always sell for less in 64 and lower than the ungraded ones.

dwssws · February 24, 2008 8:45AM

I find the vams you speak of interesting ( already have some) but as Becky said most will go out and find their own ( it is the hunt

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unless thay are top 100/hot50/elite clashed dies/hit list probably not much of a premium.
as DennisH said in another thread to you a lot of these are not attributed by Pcgs/Ngc so there is no way of knowing if they are selling for premiums or not ( and Dennis would be the one to know)

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