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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1261788, member: 24633&quot;]The 4th Edition was published in 1991, and at that time, there were about 1800 varieties. Today, between Morgan and Peace dollars, there are more than 4000, and the number is still growing. Annual updates for all successive years are available for purchase from Leroy Van Allen. </p><p><br /></p><p>All varieties, no matter how minor they may be, are added via updates <b>as they are discovered.</b> Sometimes, a variety may be listed many, many years prior to discovering that it is actually a subvariety of the die pair. In cases like these, they are usually merged together as the newer discovery. In other cases, subvarieties are discovered at a later date as it is with the 1882-CC VAM-2 and they are added as alphanumeric extensions of the original assignment. </p><p><br /></p><p>A good source for VAM identification is VAMWorld. Bear in mind that it is a Wiki-based site which means that anyone can post photos there. Sometimes, they run into a problem when a person fails to give their photo a unique name when posting it, and they can unintentionally overwrite another photo. Sometimes, you may also find listings that have no photos at all. You have to remember that some of these were discovered long before advanced computers, software and digital photography were even used in the mainstream. And, of course, other times you will see photo after photo after photo of the exact same area of the coin just because someone wanted to have their &quot;contribution&quot; noted. It can even go as far as a listing having <b>terrible photographic examples</b> which serve no purpose whatsoever.</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy trying to help others determine what variety they may have, but my eyesight has deteriorated to the point that if I don&#039;t have the coin in hand to view with my stereomicroscope or hi-res close-up photos, it&#039;s almost impossible for me to make any determination. I would like to help you if I can, but I won&#039;t know if I&#039;ll be of help until I view the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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