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jny New Member United States 20 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 6:19 pm Hi everyone, I was looking up vams on VAM world and noticed the rarity and interest scales are no longer listed( like i-3 r-4 for example) does anyone know anything about this, did they get rid of it or something, if so how do I figure out the rarity of my VAM .Thank so much Report this Post to the Staff

Bump111 Pillar of the Community United States 3323 Posts	Posted 02/23/2023 6:41 pm I believe the consensus was that these ratings were inaccurate, especially after so many years. The powers-that-be decided to remove them. Some are still there, but I never gave much credence to them. I've seen too many "rarities" in Morgan piles while other "common" VAMs seem to be underrepresented. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 02/24/2023 09:52 am Remember: EVERY Morgan and Peace dollar is a VAM. VAM is just documentation of the marriage of the obverse and reverse dies with a timeline as they deteriorate in use. Only a small # of them are even minimally valuable out of the thousands that are documented. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
roamerlabrador New Member United States 31 Posts	Posted 04/30/2023 7:45 pm This is a very disappointing change after decades of effort to identify which varieties are the rarest, even if was not very scientific. This will greatly reduce overall interest in Morgans. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 05/01/2023 08:41 am (Some of) The pages are still out there, but they aren't linked very prominently if at all. http://www.vamworld.com/w/index.php...tmp=no+scale http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1879-S..._1878_Census And the data is at least 10 years old. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
suipakpaikungfu Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 05/05/2023 3:50 pm It will also greatly reduce people who claim to have "rare" VAM based on I/R and attempt to sell it at a vastly overpriced amount. Over 90% of all known VAMs are not rare and should sell as common VAMs. Report this Post to the Staff
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