1885 P VAM 22, And 1888 P VAM 7c Fair Offers

Pay for them as if they are AU58 or MS60 because in PCGS holders they most likely won't get those numbers unless you are lucky or they actually did a good job grading. I would be weary of any attribution they put on a holder. Look them up on ebay, Heritage and Other Websites completed listings to get an idea of their value.

Thanks so much for the feedback.

Provides some serious food-for-thought as well. When brought into perspective. Vis a vis, maybe there shouldn't be a premium, of any kind, if we apply 'The die is the die'? It raises the question, to me, what's the point if every coin is a VAM (which they all are)? How did so much emphasis get put on identifying them result in cost increase? Classing some rarer than others? Top-100, Hitlist-40, Hot-50 in particular; then of course the rank-and-file, aka the rest. How did this emphasis start? Why is there one [emphasis on rarity]? I guess it's like all coins in the sense of mintage et al., but does/should this apply to die pairings (increase in price)?

Wow, two post reply, and now I'm questioning my own collecting paradigm. Deep! lol This sure opened a whole new can of worms, huh? haha

Cheers guys. Again, sincerely appreciated.

ps. I did a sold listings search on the VAM 22 on ebay (per suggestion)... one MS62 (PCGS) BIN went for $239, full asking price, about two weeks ago. As for the rest, ALL over the board. As are the ones currently listed. It's dizzying!