NGC 1878 8 TF morgan silver dollar. VAM 1-spear point, but not marked on NGC case?

Hey guys, I recently bought a NGC 1878 8 tail feather morgan dollar. Its very nice MS 62. I started looking at closeluy again last week & noticed some small die breaks & "marks". I started to research in to the possibility of a VAM variety coin. Im 99% sure its a VAM 1-spear point VAM. Its has all the marks that is described on the VAM World website.

Now to my questions, I have several. Why was this VAM not "noted" on the NGC case? Is a VAM variety a service that requires a extra fee or a special request when submitted? Do grading services always look for VAM variety on morgans? With this VAM, is this coin worth re-submitting to NGC/PCGS for the additional text added to increse the value?

Thanks so very much for any insight you may have to answer my questions here. I tried to get pictures on the coin, but could not get enough detail to show the VAM "features". Im new to the VAM variety & find it quite interesting. THANKS

 

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NGC does charge to attribute the coin on the holder. Here is the info for this:

http://www.ngccoin.com/VPSubCategory.aspx?subid=23

Now let's see a picture of that beauty!

 

Here the coin! The obverse is very "proof like". I think it's a great example of the 8 tail feather variety.

 

Beautiful coin for sure. Nice pick up!

 

Thanks

 

Is a VAM variety a service that requires a extra fee or a special request when submitted?
- Yep, like flyers said it's an extra fee, plus additional paperwork.
Do grading services always look for VAM variety on morgans?
-Nope, only if you pay for the attribution fee. Also note that NGC and PCGS don't attribute every VAM.
With this VAM, is this coin worth re-submitting to NGC/PCGS for the additional text added to increse the value?
-NGC will attribute all 8-tf varieties, but if it's a VAM-1, imo, it's really not worth the cost of attribution/shipping to get the VAM noted on the slab.

 

Because you have to pay to add the vam's it makes it more fun to hunt the good ones down

 

You are so right. Once the chance of it being a VAM crossed my mind, it was truely fun to research it & figure it all out!

 

Thanks for taking the time & addressing my questions!

 

one more question is you could raider34. For a coin to fall into a VAM category/variety does it need to met ALL of the noted attributes? Thanks again for your info here.