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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 181424, member: 1749&quot;]Of all the VAM collectors that I know and communicate with, I am the least knowledgeable.&nbsp; Just want to put this into perspective so you can &quot;consider the source&quot; of this information.&nbsp; I&#039;m up to about 30 new discoveries (Peace and Morgan).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I do...</p><p>I check the VAM book and the supplemental updates.&nbsp; The updates come out each year.&nbsp; The VAM book probably has HALF of the known VAMs in it...&nbsp;&nbsp; plus MANY have been eliminated or revised.</p><p>If I don&#039;t find one that matches, I search the online resources.&nbsp; Some of these are redundant to the printed material, but I still check.&nbsp; These include the <a href="http://www.ashmore.com/vamupdate/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ashmore.com/vamupdate/index.htm" rel="nofollow">ashmore</a> site, <a href="http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vamworld.wikispaces.com/" rel="nofollow">VAMworld</a>, and Rob Joyce&#039;s older <a href="http://www.rjrc.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rjrc.com/" rel="nofollow">site</a>.&nbsp; There are others as well.</p><p>If I still can&#039;t find a match, I post images on one or two websites and ask for help.&nbsp; If I don&#039;t get any replies, I assume folks didn&#039;t see the note or don&#039;t recognize the variety... so I reply to the thread myself to push it back to the top and get a little more visibility.</p><p>The last step is to send it to Leroy Van Allen.&nbsp; Some folks email him first, but I feel I&#039;ve exhausted all resources and send him the coin.&nbsp; I include a note describing the coin and funds to cover the return S&amp;H&amp;I and a little of his time.&nbsp; Leroy&#039;s address and the list of the updates can be found <a href="http://www.ashmore.com/vamupdate/vamupdatecosts.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ashmore.com/vamupdate/vamupdatecosts.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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