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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 796960, member: 15199&quot;]Jumping into the hard stuff the first day of class huh <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>VAM stands for Van Allen and Mallis who wrote a book on Morgan and Peace dollars called &quot;The Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of U.S. Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars&quot; where they had a lot of time and a lot of silver dollars on their hands evidently, so they catalogued each Dollar by the Date/Mint ( as all collectors do) and then by a number ( VAM number) based on what combination of dies for that year struck the front and back of each coin. So every Morgan and every Peace dollar has a VAM number, even the most common. SO many people don&#039;t care what their dollar&#039;s VAM number happens to be, and the value doesn&#039;t care much unless they are popular for certain VAM collectors, and then there <b>might </b>be a good pop in value.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, the premier VAM site is Vamworld.com, and they try to maintain a complete list, many with photos, and a nice interface to find your particular dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you go to <a href="http://www.vamworld.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vamworld.com" rel="nofollow">www.vamworld.com</a>, on the left side there is a &quot;Top 100&quot;, Hot 50, Hit 40&quot; lists. If yours isn&#039;t on the top 100, probably no reward. The Hit 40 usually gets the highest increase. How much??? Hard to tell as it is supply and demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 3 doubled ear VAMS, 16,18,20 for 1889P on the Hot 50,&nbsp; and a VAM 28A on the Hit 40. None for the 1928S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope I haven&#039;t caused confusion more than help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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