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The One I Bought, 2100 Pics Later

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 Posted 11/18/2006  3:23 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My original thread got a little clogged with pics, so I decided to start a new one out of respect for people's bandwidth. To recap, in the old thread I asked if the membership thought this coin would hold MS64:

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The overall opinion was favorable. I bought the coin. Given what it was, I'd have bought it anyways - remember I mentioned hiding the characteristics of the VAM? Well, here it is in hand.

1921-D VAM-1n Unicorn:

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It's called the Unicorn because of the shape of the die break coming off the D in UNITED. This is one of the most desirable of the 1921-D VAM's, and one of only 11 1921 VAM's that PCGS will attribute. With this coin, I now have 9 of that 11, and one of the two I'm missing appears to be unique.

I believe this coin will hold MS64. On a related note, this coin saw the image counter pass 2100 on my camera, and close to 2000 of those are coins. It's only significant because, after 2000 tries, I'm still only getting close to decent images. Maybe it *is* partly the operator.
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 Posted 11/18/2006  3:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll be sure not to hijack this thread like I did the other, wasn't gonna do it on the other one but you asked to see the pics of the cracks and I got a little carried away. Sorry about that
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 Posted 11/18/2006  3:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Metalman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Dave

Very Nice looking coin !!!

And thanks for the info on the particular VAM !!

I still think we need a forum just for the Vams on these Morgans !!

its way to hard to keep track of them all scattered out .

Rick
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 Posted 11/19/2006  05:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hadleydog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice pick-up, SuperDave! 9 out of 11 with one unique......you are almost there! Cool!
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 Posted 11/19/2006  10:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgan Fred to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
quote:
Originally posted by Metalman

Hi Dave

I still think we need a forum just for the Vams on these Morgans !!

its way to hard to keep track of them all scattered out .

Rick





Rick, when you brought up the subject of a separate forum for Morgans some months ago, I was generally opposed to it because we already have so many forums now, even though I'm a hardcore Morganphile.

However, given the multiplicity of Morgans in a wide range of forums as I've observed on the RSS feed, my thinking has changed and now I agree with you (much as it pains me ). A separate Morgan forum would make it easier to keep track of all the Morgan topics. One topic in which Morgans might not be so easily separated is Coin Grading Practice - I can't make up my mind whether Morgan CGP should be lumped with a Morgan forum or still maintained apart in the Coin Grading Practice forum.

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 Posted 11/19/2006  1:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My feelings are unchanged. Morgans are a big part of coin collecting, because there's a lot of them and many people collect them. You should expect a majority of the traffic in the Grading forum to be Morgans, but giving them their own home would serve to dilute the audience. I, for one, am a Morgan nut who is thoroughly enjoying TypeMaster's topics in Grading, and I feel his efforts would get a lot less attention if they were shuttled into what would become a much less-trafficked subforum. And, I can't help but think that breaking Morgans into their own forum would decrease traffic in the other.
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 Posted 11/19/2006  6:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add josie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well the forum is big and many are posting everyday,Maybe it means another subforum for the coin that have a great number of follower.

In this case VAM or Morgan dollar.
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