General VAM Questions?

The answer to your last question is yes but only anacs. Anacs will research and attribute all vams for a fee (not just big list vams like other tpgs) and if you have an unidentified one John Roberts (head of anacs dollar department and a HUGE force in the VAM field) will have Leroy van Allen (the co-founder of VAM identification) research it to see if it's an unlisted die paring. Although I'm not sure if he would send it directly or if he has the submitter send it to him directly after encapsulation in such a case.

Mont, fyi I answered about anacs because of the way you posed the question. However, I have never used anacs for morgans as I just don't like my morgans in anything but PCGS slabs generally which is why I wasn't sure about how J.Roberts handles unlisted vams.

Messydesk above runs VSS (www.varslab.com) and he is another of the HUGE guys in the VAM community. I use his service exclusively and imho he and his company are the best. In fact, I just had 2, a morgan & a peace, come back from him with instructions to send them to Leroy as they may be new unlisted additions and as my first potentially new finds I'm extatic. With him you get 1 on 1 service aside from just waiting a month and checking anacs site daily hoping for a phone call or update etc.

Also, if your getting serious about silver dollars and vams you should consider getting a 1yr membership to the SSDC for $22.