Wide Reeded 1921 Morgans

Generally speaking, not really. As you get into Mint State grades, you'll find them in more demand. The VAM-4, especially, is of interest and would be the exception to the above rule. NGC only has 9 VAM-4's in slabs at the moment.

If you can find a Wide Reed in Mint State, snag it. Morgan collecting will only become more popular as the price of silver rises; there are still plenty on the market to collect so there will always be coins for new collectors. As they specialize (which is inevitable for some), the varieties will gain in value. VAM's are a growth industry, my friend.

I grabbed 2 wide reeds last week from BU rolls at the Shop. He puts common Dates into rolls when he has alot of them, but he does not normally let you pick them bbecause people would pull the best ones and leave the low grades. Since he apparently likes me and I was looking for reeds and not grades I got them for MS-60 bid.I have not attributed them yet, but I am sure one is a VAM29 I would grade MS-63.

Interest seems to be rising exponentially , I was on the VAMworld site for help with my 1878 in another post, and happened across a couple posts about site usage . It seems they have doubled the traffic to the site and postings have also doubled in a very short time. No Premium ? he he...not yet !!

MorganNoob,

The rarity factor is usually given at the top of each listing on vamworld site.
it usually shows a I-2 R-6, which in this example would mean an Interest factor of 2 and a Rarity factor of 6. The rarity is on a scale of 1-7, 7 being the most rare. I am not definite in the Interest scale so somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I think it is a scale of 1-3. This just gives you an idea of how rare the variety is and how interested people are in that variety.

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The R&I factors are not always listed but if you write a post on VAMworld somebody will usually respond and give it to you.

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An important consideration here is that rarity factors for VAM's are usually based on very incomplete information, especially the newer ones. One good example is the "R7" 1921-D VAM-1I, which I don't even seek any more due to its' being so common. I've owned a dozen of them, ranging up to MS64 in an NGC slab. 1878's are pretty accurate, because they've been identified and popular varieties for a long time, as are some of the longer-known rarities.

These factors won't be really accurate until a significant majority of Morgans are attributed. That won't happen during your lifetime or mine.