1888-O Morgan Oval O VAM 2 PCGS MS63!!

vvamit · September 24, 2008 11:52PM

Anyone know of any 1888 Oval Os graded higher? I'll be selling this piece in the near future. All white, PCGS graded and attributed VAM 2 Oval O MS 63!! should be interesting. Will post a pic when I get it back from PCGS.

garsmith · September 25, 2008 12:05AM

If you list it in the PCGS registry it will tell you if and how many are graded higher.

erroid · September 25, 2008 12:13AM

According to Fey's quarterly Top 100 guide, there no oval O's above MS63; NICE pick!

coindeuce · September 25, 2008 12:20AM

Welcome back Kyle! I hope you and your family are all safe in Houston. I've had my fingers crossed for ya.

blu62vette · September 25, 2008 12:20AM

Add it to your registry. Looking at some of the other registry sets you can't really tell becuase the group the vam 2 with 3 other vams. I saw a 62 under that item for one set but have no way of knowing if it is the vam 2 or one of the others.

Where did you get the coin?

vvamit · September 25, 2008 12:44AM

Hey Dan,

Yep...we pretty much got blown away down here!!! Lots of areas still without power. Large parts of Galveston got wiped out!!

Only the second direct hit hurricane I've been thru in my adult life. I was 6 weeks old when Carla came in '61. What a ride!!! 110 MPH winds in your face and stinging rain....no way to describe it you just have to experience it!

options26 · September 25, 2008 1:10AM

Coin #133921 1888-O Vam 2 Oval O pops in MS are

61 - 1
62 - 2
63 - 1

Thats all she wrote......................Nice coin

direwolf1972 · September 25, 2008 1:15AM

super score

I've been looking for a long time for any 88 O Oval O in MS. Very tough coin to come across.

Just curious was it a crossover, reholder with attribution or a raw purchase that you sent in for grading?

vvamit · September 25, 2008 1:21AM

I bought the coin raw at a local shop here in town. I think the 1 63 in the pop is mine?

blu62vette · September 25, 2008 1:22AM

Great job, I would think the one is yours

direwolf1972 · September 25, 2008 1:28AM

From what I understand the Pop Reports are updated every Sunday night.

Depends on when your grades came in as to whether it could be yours that is showing there.

I had a Pop 1 Modern for a while earlier this year. I was trying to figure out the same thing when my grade posted and it wasnt in the Pop reports yet. Someone told me about them updating it on Sunday nights.

vvamit · September 25, 2008 1:29AM

It is. I looked at most of the high end VAM registry sets and found the Miller/Ashmore set has a MS62 and none higher. I looked about a week ago and now that mine has been graded it shows 1 higher..so it has to mine. How do you look up VAM pops at PCGS. I know how to look up pop numbers in general but can't figure out how to find VAM pops?

blu62vette · September 25, 2008 1:33AM

I go to the year of the vam on the morgan list and then hit the + to expand the year. It doesnt always seem to have all the vams......

DennisH · September 25, 2008 1:36AM

Many of the VAMs are in the Pop Report now, but not all. The only way you can look up some of them is to know the coin number and enter it manually.

direwolf1972 · September 25, 2008 1:39AM

here ya go

options26 · September 25, 2008 2:05AM

Go to the POP page and in the upper right corner you can enter the coin number if it's not listed in the regular pops. This one is coin number 133921, 133921-133927 are all the 1888- oval O's.

DennisH · September 25, 2008 3:02AM

PCGS attributes 7 different 1888 Oval-O VAMs: 2,5,6,17,18,21,24.

Among all of them there are only a few Mint State coins in any grade, and according to the current on-line pops the finest is a single MS63... presumably yours. Great coin; congratulations.

Wolf359 · September 25, 2008 5:09AM

I see a VAM-6 in MS63 too, but...hey...top pop, nice.

it's too bad Kyle you only come around when you make a big coin to sell. We have plenty of boards here and at VAMWorld to talk vams all the time.

vvamit · September 25, 2008 5:31AM

I did the VAM thing so hot and heavy for 10 years, I just got burned out on it. I went thru a divorce a few years back and sold everything, kind of took the wind out of my sails but it is starting to come back. I had about 50 PCGS graded DMPLs and it killed me to sell those.
A quick list:
8TF V2 64DM
7TF 64DM
7TF rev 79 63DM
80 P 64DM
80-O 63DM
81 P 64DM
81-S 65DM
82 P 63DM
82-O 63DM
82-S 64DM
and the list goes on.
The ones that killed me to sell
85-CC 65DM
87-O 64DM
88-S 63DM
90-CC 64 DM
90-O 64DM
91 P 63DM That is a hard DMPL to find!!
91-CC 64DM
92 P 64 DM Even harder
03-O 64DM
And I made all of them from crackouts or raw.
It killed me to sell those!!!
The VAMs actually were my 2nd interest. The thrill of finding a killer VAM was what I enjoyed. Discovering the 8TF VAM 14.20 and '79-O VAM 28 is something I'll never forget. Not to be mean but when the clashed die craze and the 21-d craze came, those just don't do anything for me. The heavy hitters or big ones are the only thing I really look for. Buying an unattributed 8TF VAM 14.13 PCGS 65DM was a rush like you wouldn't believe. Sadly it was way over graded and now resides in a 63PL holder, which is where it belongs!!!

coindeuce · September 25, 2008 9:30AM

<< <i>I did the VAM thing so hot and heavy for 10 years, I just got burned out on it. I went thru a divorce a few years back and sold everything, kind of took the wind out of my sails but it is starting to come back. I had about 50 PCGS graded DMPLs and it killed me to sell those.
Buying an unattributed 8TF VAM 14.13 PCGS 65DM was a rush like you wouldn't believe. Sadly it was way over graded and now resides in a 63PL holder, which is where it belongs!!! >>

I'll drink to that!

options26 · September 26, 2008 10:38AM

If I had only found the VAM thing 5 years earlier. I had tons of coins that were sold for melt(not really a ton but many). I remember looking at some thinking, wow the mint screwed that one up. Now I wish I could remember what it was, but I would probably be depressed if I did.

Stick around Kyle, we all love to hear the stories and learn from people who really knew(know) their stuff. Check out vamworld.com, a lot has changed in the past year or two. On top of the home page are tabs, click discussion to see the message board.

1888-O Morgan Oval O VAM 2 PCGS MS63!!

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