VAMWorld 2.0

Revisions made and new VAM page is setup.

I know I've done a couple of examples. There's currently the one AU 58 still on the ANACS pop. I don't know for certain that this piece crossed Exactly JR. Plus on the VAM-23A page under the comments section it states that the DC (cleaned) was in a ANACS holder so, that would make two specimens gra...

Thanks guy! There is one thing I am not sure of. The PCGS registry shows six graded specimens (including my coin), so is there one specimen out there that is not graded or is my coin the six specimen?

vamsterdam wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:24 am

That’s the nsane! First you pick it t out and f junk dollars, and then it grades ms62!

This is not the first time this has happened. My 1886-P VAM-20 came from the $30.00 box. It was toned (dark) and it graded out as MS-62. Every since then, I make it a point to check the $30.00 & $35.00 boxes.

Received my grade for my 1889-P VAM-23A from PCGS and boy, am I happy. She graded MS-62 which makes her the second highest graded VAM-23A. Checkout the photos below. ***************** Checkout the damage done to the neck. Click the photo to view at full resolution. **************** http://ec2-13-58-...

Congrats. Do you need help with the pages?

Nice work Ron.

I already have.

Congrats on your DC.

Can you PM me the letter so I can update the pages?

Wow! Really like this one.

Neat error notes. I have some very rare Confederate State of America error notes, but I plan on holding on to them.

Sounds like the clash N has worn off and that would make it a VAM-7A. LVA will sort this out shortly. To double check this go to JR's post on VAM-23A, on page three in my long response you will find links for an LVA attributed clashed VAM-7A. click on the two links for VAM-7A. Sounds like your coin ...

Check and see if you have the die marker with the polishing lines in the lower cap and the dot on the lower right serif of the R in LIBERTY. The clash N fades away with die wear. In addition, check the reverse die for a very faint clash to the N of IN and for die cracks in AMERICA and STATES. There...

Electricity, gas annealing, gas melting, electrolytic refining, electric presses, etc., etc. all were introduced at the Philadelphia Mint first, and not to the other mints until thoroughly tested. For example, plans for the Denver Mint changed several times as better technology was approved, and bu...

Plus, the first gas furnace was not installed in the New Orleans Mint Until 1900.

Check and see if you have the die marker with the polishing lines in the lower cap and the dot on the lower right serif of the R in LIBERTY. The clash N fades away with die wear. In addition, check the reverse die for a very faint clash to the N of IN and for die cracks in AMERICA and STATES. There ...

Nice work Roger. When the Obverse & Reverse die pair are different the math might seem a little confusing until you realize what they are doing.

That doesn't mean anything. All you can get without a die usage log is an average, and not all die pairs produced the average number. Also, I don't care what mint we're talking about, but no employee is/was infallible. Mint records are the facts! You provide none. The Annual Die Life and Usage Repo...

Yes it is. Look at the mint records. I can provide the total number of dies used from the actual mint records. Second, we are talking about the Philadelphia Mint here... the mint that trained the mint employees. That doesn't mean anything. All you can get without a die usage log is an average, and ...