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<p>[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 8352909, member: 73983"]Learning to VAM can be incredibly good for expanding knowledge. First, it will teach you a bit about the minting process and die pairing. Secondly, it will help you determine authenticity if you can match a know VAM. Thirdly, it can help you add some great coins to your collection, if you come across the harder to find and popular VAM's.</p><p><br /></p><p>Identifying the VAM does not necessarily make it more valuable. Every Morgan and Peace Dollar is a VAM. The VAM number is simply a catalog of known die states and pairings for each year and mint of Morgan Dollars. Some pairings and die states are very tough to find. If it is tough to find and is in demand to collectors, that is what will make it more valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a website that you can visit for a lot of amazing information. VAM World 2.0</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/Home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/Home" rel="nofollow">http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/Home</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 8352909, member: 73983"]Learning to VAM can be incredibly good for expanding knowledge. First, it will teach you a bit about the minting process and die pairing. Secondly, it will help you determine authenticity if you can match a know VAM. Thirdly, it can help you add some great coins to your collection, if you come across the harder to find and popular VAM's. Identifying the VAM does not necessarily make it more valuable. Every Morgan and Peace Dollar is a VAM. The VAM number is simply a catalog of known die states and pairings for each year and mint of Morgan Dollars. Some pairings and die states are very tough to find. If it is tough to find and is in demand to collectors, that is what will make it more valuable. Here is a website that you can visit for a lot of amazing information. VAM World 2.0 [URL]http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/Home[/URL][/QUOTE]
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