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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 58307, member: 1749&quot;]You may be right about the fad, but I think it&#039;s still on the rise.&nbsp; The SSDC (Society of Silver Dollar Collectors) is growing.&nbsp; there&#039;s been more demand for the VAM Book and reprints of the other books.&nbsp; My opinion may not be worth much... I was the 40+ year old in the gift shops reading tags on beanie babies looking for the different varieties of the Princess Di bear.&nbsp; This was for my mother-in-law! </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe it&#039;s a money issue, but I avoid attributed VAMs.&nbsp; I try to stick to cherrypicking at common values.&nbsp; It feels safer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing I find confusing is the various &quot;rules&quot; or standards.&nbsp; When the VAM book was written in the 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s, the authors had to develop standards.&nbsp; What should get a new VAM number?&nbsp; Visible to the eye (usually), no die cracks only die breaks, clashing only counts if a letter is transfered or on Peace dollars if it&#039;s more than one spike from the eagle&#039;s right shoulder... or a single spike that touches the N....&nbsp; sometimes I feel like I&#039;m back in drivers ed.&nbsp; I completely understand the need for standards.&nbsp;&nbsp; I sent a Peace dollar to Leroy Van Allen earlier this year.&nbsp; It was severely clashed.&nbsp; You could see a great deal of the reverse design on the obverse of the coin.&nbsp; Not enough for a new VAM number (no letters had transferred), but he gave it one because of some die polishing lines that I hadn&#039;t even noticed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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