The Society of Silver Dollar Collectors (SSDC) used to publish a price guide called VAMView, but I don't know if they do any more. Do you know @messydesk ? Chris
I don't and I'll have to look into it. I tried to find lists but vamworld kind of limits updates and the internet seems to always take me back to vamworld which doesn't keep price or population updated much. I wish! HA tends to lean toward the two big tpg's and they don't attribute this variety so I can't find much. This VAM changed to the 1BC2 if I'm not mistaken so maybe I'll try that search. Thanks guys just wondered if there was any book listings on prices. As an R5, I think it should carry a little weight but we'll see.
So I checked into HA and can't find anything on the VAM. They seem to only work with the big 2 tpg's, neither of which care to attribute anything more than the Top 100...which is silly. I know what VAM this is and it may just be my opinion, but I'd think it out rates the simple denticle impressions on VAM40a which is on the Hit List. The SSDC seems to only acknowledge the Top 100, 50, and Hit List from what I've seen on their sites. Oh well it's currently listed for auction I'll update what someone is willing to pay after the sale next week. Guess it's the best way to find out a value right.
A few things. VAM 1BC2 was eliminated as a duplicate of VAM 1M2, so this would be VAM 1M2, assuming that it matches. The rarity numbers shown on VAMs are estimates that were made at the time a VAM was listed, using the base-10 exponential scale shown in the VAM book. R-5 is currently the default rarity. If a coin looks like a very late die stage (radial break, cud) or is something that strikes Leroy Van Allen as being a variety that he's very surprised hasn't been seen yet, he gives it a higher number. Lower numbers are no longer used, as they represent a die life longer than what was usually the case. Also, these numbers are never updated to reflect observed rarity, partially because then it wouldn't be known if the number represented the initial guess or the observed rarity. Rarity numbers should never be used to gauge value, as not only could they be wrong, but even for a VAM that has a population of 3, if there are only 2 collectors that want it, the market is saturated. That is why it's best to ignore the R-numbers on VAMs. The value guide is something the SSDC is currently integrating into the SSDC Registry, using information from sales of attributed VAMs (not cherrypicks) as input. The priority is to bring the Top 100, Hot 50, Hit List 40, 1878 8TF values online first, followed by others with known premiums. The 1921 VAM 1M2 is not something that brings a notable premium, so no value would be presented other than to refer you to the value for a generic variety. The VAMView price guide is no longer published.
