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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 185332, member: 1749&quot;]<a href="http://www.varslab.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.varslab.com/" rel="nofollow">varslab</a> provides variety attribution services for Morgan and Peace dollars.&nbsp; It&#039;s run by John Baumgart (messydesk on this board).&nbsp; John is the Vice President of the SSDC (Society of Silver Dollar Collectors).&nbsp; John is a master VAMmer.&nbsp; The coins are not graded.&nbsp; He identifies the variety, photographs the key attribute, and encapsulates it a Coin World holder (showing the variety and photo).&nbsp; Last I checked, it was only $5 a coin (plus S&amp;H).&nbsp; It&#039;s a great service if you want your coins attributed and protected in a plastic holder.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What if the coin is already in a PCGS holder?&nbsp; And the VAM is not identified?&nbsp; I&#039;d try to determine the variety through printed/online resources or post images on a forum.&nbsp; If it&#039;s something that PCGS recognizes, they provide a variety review service and will re-holder with the VAM number.&nbsp; The fee is less than the original PCGS grading fee (seeing it&#039;s already graded).&nbsp; If it&#039;s not a VAM that PCGS recognizes, I&#039;d put a sticker on it with the VAM number.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDITED TO ADD:&nbsp; If your coin is in a PCGS holder and you can&#039;t figure out the VAM, I think you can still send it to varslab for identification.&nbsp; It would remain in the PCGS holder and you&#039;d just be using the attribution service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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