For the VAMers among us,,,,,

[MAULEMALL]

DennisH ATS just posted this...... For those of us who search for the First Die pair ...this Rocks

[MunkyMan95]

Holy VAM Batman! (I don't know ayone who has been searching for the first die pair... Except maybe you?)

[MAULEMALL]

Holy VAM Batman! (I don't know ayone who has been searching for the first die pair... Except maybe you?)

You meen to say that if you had the chance to get one of the actual first couple hundred of a series that has millions you wouldn't at least look when you had the chance??

 

Of ALL the Morgans struck,,,These are the actual First Strike of the Whole series.

The 1878 VAM-9 Morgan Silver Dollar is the very first set of dies used to strike Morgan dollars!

 

Detective work has revealed they began striking the new Morgan coins at 3:17 PM on March 11, 1878. The combination of the die and the time is known because a reporter was present at the event and the first coins struck were presentation pieces for President Hayes. His specific coin has been preserved and studied for die features and subsequently identified as a VAM-9. According to a reporter present, only 303 pieces were struck when the die failed and new ones had to be used.

 

303 pieces struck.... sometimes collecting is ALL about the hunt.

[MunkyMan95]

See? A little more information might have been useful in the beginning for us non-VAMmers. That info makes me want one too!

[cpm9ball]

I read that DMPL Morgans were usually the first 500 or so struck on all pairs of dies. How often do you see a VAM that is also DMPL?

 

Chris

[JJSingleton]

Holy VAM Batman! (I don't know ayone who has been searching for the first die pair... Except maybe you?)

You meen to say that if you had the chance to get one of the actual first couple hundred of a series that has millions you wouldn't at least look when you had the chance??

 

Of ALL the Morgans struck,,,These are the actual First Strike of the Whole series.

The 1878 VAM-9 Morgan Silver Dollar is the very first set of dies used to strike Morgan dollars!

 

Detective work has revealed they began striking the new Morgan coins at 3:17 PM on March 11, 1878. The combination of the die and the time is known because a reporter was present at the event and the first coins struck were presentation pieces for President Hayes. His specific coin has been preserved and studied for die features and subsequently identified as a VAM-9. According to a reporter present, only 303 pieces were struck when the die failed and new ones had to be used.

 

303 pieces struck.... sometimes collecting is ALL about the hunt.

Thanks for the great information. That makes this a coin (vam) that rates very high on the FatMan Coolness Scale™

[coxe]

The acquisition of an 1878 VAM-9 will undoubtedly to me be an important milestone. The fact that mine is prooflike is really cool. I know that it is among the scant few minted that first day in the presence of dignitaries of the day at that. It is indeed one of the holy grails of the series. There are not not many among the millions.