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I Got my ANACS Submission Results Today among the highlights of the 9 coins I submitted: - 1904-O VAM 32 MS-65 ....Based on what I am seeing on the ANACS Population Report, there is only 1 other Vam-32 1904-O graded at MS-65 Although this is not a Top 100, Hit 50, Top 40, Sweet 16, Dirty-thirty, or any of the other VAM Monikers showcasing the best of the best, it is indeed the best I own! -EndTheFed |
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That is awesome! Congratulations!
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I am going to pick it up tomorrow, as I am doing local pickup (ANACS is a 19 mile drive).... Will post pics tomorrow afternoon.
EndTheFed
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That is exciting! A Morgan MS65 is a winner any day!! I just looked at the VAM page and it shows a few MS65 coins have been reported between PCGS and ANACS but nothing higher. I did not check the SSDC or the PCGS census. I have never had anything graded at ANACS yet, but, I do plan to use them in the future the next time I find something I feel needs to be graded. I am going to college at CMC starting next month, so I will be close enough to be able to drop off and pick up my coins rather than paying the shipping and insurance costs. I am so excited about moving. One of the first things I am going to do is take a tour through the mint! |
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You might enjoy some more information on the "trigger" series. The obverse die was used on the VAN-28/28A (a Super Clashed Die) before going to the VAM-32. Later it was used on the VAM-2A. It is not impossible that some day the VAM=32 could be listed as A Super CD. Very Nice http://www.vamworld.com/share/view/68684606 |
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It sounds like a beaut. I almost bought a "Trigger" a while back but once again someone wanted it more than I did.
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Thanks Guys, I did read about the Clashed G series, and how the Trigger 28A is a partial G, but it is the earliest die state of the clashed G evolution.....and therefore the 28A can be captured in PL or DMPL. I will run down to Englewood and pick up my coins from ANACS....of which this MS-65 and my 1908-M Gold full Sovereign that came back MS-62 are my personal highlights.
I do not submit coins with ANY intention of selling them back. They will go to my 2 boys...Soooooo, I could care less what the market says about resale value. ANACS is a bunch of PROS, they were truly spectacular in terms of customer service, the coins are authenticated and validated for variants, their grading standards are very near top shelf, if not almost identical nowadays (2 of my 9 raw Morgans came back cleaned, and one came back AU-55, so I must have missed something), so they are on top of stuff!)....
Again, I will post the VAM-32 as soon as I get back.
-EndTheFed
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07/10/2014 10:06 am
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I got my coins from ANACS today, and here is the 1904-O Morgan VAM-32, MS-65  |
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On more thing....
I got back within my coins an 1884-P Morgan, and I was disappointed and shocked to see it come back NOT ONLY without attribution, but also as an AU-55! Every dog has his day, and although this was overall a great submission in my judgment, this was most certainly the "LowLight"
...Anyway, my point for bringing it up - This coin is FASCINATING to look at under a loupe/magnification. There is so much going on witht this coin:
OBVERSE:
1. There are three needles sticking out of Lady Liberty: one jutting up out of her lower lip diagonally, one coming oout diagnonally from her chin, running into her lower lip, and a third pointing downward about 14 of the way down her neck, starting at the top near the cheek.
2. Left Stars #3 through 7 have a visible-to-the-naked-eye line/crack running through all 4 of these stars
3. At the Cap Vee, there is extra silver matter, looks like "flames jutting out at the cap-vee....perhaps this is clashed form the reverse wreath/leaves, since they have the same "flame" appearance. This is a raised section that juts out as far as the bottom of the cap/hair line.
REVERSE:
1.The right wreath has an extra piece of raised material connected to the inner side of the write wreath, almost extending to the eagle wing. If you draw a picture of an overhead view of a stingray, and then cut it in half, it looks like this! It is conneted to the inner right wreath, moving inward to eagle wing.
2. ENORMOUS activity on the left wreath, and I think this might be the clashed lady liberty profile / bridge of nose at bottom of the left wreath - a long straight line of raised material...Then, at the very top of the left wreath, there is a raised piece, perhaps a clash, that is almost a very large "Letter S"
3. There is a die break, or jagged line that goes around the ENTIRE perimeter of the coin, no joke!
Anyway, why with all of this activity, is this not some sort of classification? Seems to me like there is a LOT going on here...But I am a newbie, very green and uneducated... any thoughts?
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It certainly deserves more recognition than it's current anonymity. The VAM28A, VAM32 and VAM2A Would be a cool die progression set for the III21 obverse die. Very nice Morgan.  |
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Mine, along with all other VAM-32 will not get the opportunity for DMPL, as it is phase 2...but with the coin I submitted, the mint luster /cartwheel effect is not only nicer than the other VAM-32's for sale..it probably has more mint luster than every other coin I own, VAM or not. -EndTheFed |
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Anyway, why with all of this activity, is this not some sort of classification? Call ANACS up and ask to speak with someone about it, did you pay for attribution or research? They have John Roberts, one of the top VAM experts on their payroll, and they take notes on each coin in their database, so they should be able to give you an answer on their lack of attribution if you did indeed pay for it. I have a nice 1878-S John could not attribute, they sent a note back saying so and I was not charged to extra variety charge on that coin. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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ANACS was not the problem - they were fantastic - I WAS THE PROBLEM! I had no idea, being a newbie with the whole VAM thing....I had no idea I had to Pay for the research... They happened to provide me a free VAM-32 attribution, being that this was my first submission to them! ANACS went above and beyond. I was the idiot who thought this part was free! Of my 9 coins I submitted, probably two or three of them addtionally have significant attributes, so I may consider sending them back for review, in terms of VAM certifiction only. Live and learn! -EndTheFed |
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