Sentry02
10-07-2008, 01:47 PM
I thought I would drop a line a say hello to everyone. A little about me...
I collect largely Morgan dollar VAMs with a very few Peace dollar VAMs. Everything from the big ones to the innocuous (within my measely budget of course). I'm setup here at the house with a 200X USB scope that I frequently use to attribute coins acquired from various locations.
Although most of my variety collection is Morgan-based, I have acquired some interesting varieties and mint errors over the last several years. Earlier this year I was lucky enough to get a hold of two mint error lincoln cents that were part of Leroy Van Allen's collection. Along with that I acquired 4 more of his coins, 2 Morgans, 1 quarter, and 1 very interesting nickel.
I recently added lincoln cent errors and varieties to my list and I love them. Although, I will say that a few hours of looking at Lincoln cents will make you cross-eyed. My scope helps a lot. My big reason for getting into them is that my father-in-law collects all manner of cents and he had approximately 30 rolls of 1969-1972 cent rolls from the bank that were never opened. My mother-in-law was a banker until her recent retirement.
I sent several of his coins in to NGC for attribution and more will likely follow since at least I now know I wasn't seeing things. They're in quality control, so I'm still waiting on grades, but they are 1971-Ps that were marked as VP-002. Funny thing is that they don't list VP-002 on their site, so I did some digging and finally got a hold of CS at NGC.
They told me "The associated CONECA # is 2-0-I. The Wexler-Flynn # is LCDDO-002. There is no Fivaz/Stanton # assignment".
I have a lot of the beginner guides, but haven't found a whole of information on this particular variety. I have no idea what the R&I numbers are for this variety or value potential (as I know my father-in-law will be asking me). I went to CONECA's site, but I must admit that I'm too used to reading VAM IDs as the description of it didn't seem to give me any idea on it either.
I'm sure you guys are a lot more familiar with these coins than I am and wanted to get your thoughts on them. If they're worth slabbing more, I have likely about another 15-20 that could go to NGC. I'll provide an update as soon as I get the grades for them. With any luck that will be today.
Any input is greatly appreciated and I look forward to contributing to the site as much as I can. It'll take a me a bit to get acclimated to the cents though. I have attached a few images of the lincoln errors I acquired from Leroy Van Allen (father of VAMs with George Mallis for those of you who don't know).
-Brad (Not to be confused with the Brad on the site who knows what they're talking about)
I collect largely Morgan dollar VAMs with a very few Peace dollar VAMs. Everything from the big ones to the innocuous (within my measely budget of course). I'm setup here at the house with a 200X USB scope that I frequently use to attribute coins acquired from various locations.
Although most of my variety collection is Morgan-based, I have acquired some interesting varieties and mint errors over the last several years. Earlier this year I was lucky enough to get a hold of two mint error lincoln cents that were part of Leroy Van Allen's collection. Along with that I acquired 4 more of his coins, 2 Morgans, 1 quarter, and 1 very interesting nickel.
I recently added lincoln cent errors and varieties to my list and I love them. Although, I will say that a few hours of looking at Lincoln cents will make you cross-eyed. My scope helps a lot. My big reason for getting into them is that my father-in-law collects all manner of cents and he had approximately 30 rolls of 1969-1972 cent rolls from the bank that were never opened. My mother-in-law was a banker until her recent retirement.
I sent several of his coins in to NGC for attribution and more will likely follow since at least I now know I wasn't seeing things. They're in quality control, so I'm still waiting on grades, but they are 1971-Ps that were marked as VP-002. Funny thing is that they don't list VP-002 on their site, so I did some digging and finally got a hold of CS at NGC.
They told me "The associated CONECA # is 2-0-I. The Wexler-Flynn # is LCDDO-002. There is no Fivaz/Stanton # assignment".
I have a lot of the beginner guides, but haven't found a whole of information on this particular variety. I have no idea what the R&I numbers are for this variety or value potential (as I know my father-in-law will be asking me). I went to CONECA's site, but I must admit that I'm too used to reading VAM IDs as the description of it didn't seem to give me any idea on it either.
I'm sure you guys are a lot more familiar with these coins than I am and wanted to get your thoughts on them. If they're worth slabbing more, I have likely about another 15-20 that could go to NGC. I'll provide an update as soon as I get the grades for them. With any luck that will be today.
Any input is greatly appreciated and I look forward to contributing to the site as much as I can. It'll take a me a bit to get acclimated to the cents though. I have attached a few images of the lincoln errors I acquired from Leroy Van Allen (father of VAMs with George Mallis for those of you who don't know).
-Brad (Not to be confused with the Brad on the site who knows what they're talking about)