what is a 1887 VAM-10 in MS-64 worth?

[johnhenry9009]

I was wondering if anybody could tell me if there was a premium associated with a 1887 VAM-10. it might just be me but I think it is undergraded (which isn't that surprising sense it is in an old NGC holder) but I want other opinions just to be sure.
Does anybody know how to rotate a photo because I've been trying and I just haven't been getting it right.

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[UNCLE BINGO]

Those are turning because of the image size parameters set in the forum . you can try to crop them square , they just cant be too big or they won't load @messydesk could tell you how and what size .I tried to turn them upright but the forum just flipped them right back ...

[johnhenry9009]

Ok, thank you very much Mr. BINGO.

[DHalladay]

Is there a premium value for VAM 10?
There has been in the past (50-100%), although I can't even begin to understand why and I'm highly skeptical about it being repeatable.

Your old "no-line fatty with gold lettering" holder, however, is scarce, popular, and very likely to continue bringing a nice premium in the marketplace, although holder collectors basically don't give a darn about the VAM inside. I suggest you do price research for common date MS64s in these holders in the Heritage Auctions sales archives. It's a tedious job, but I suspect you will be surprised at what the trend is in recent years.

It's also important to keep in mind that the added value from a VAM attribution depends upon the physical attribution itself. Specifically, those that are on a holder's insert tag bring the most. Self-attributed attributions bring the least (sometimes minimal or even none). That's because anyone who is doing a registry set with PCGS or NGC has to have the attribution done by the grading service itself, and the cost of postage/attribution fee/etc. to send in an unattributed coin and get the update really adds up.

[johnhenry9009]

Thank you, I am surprised it even has/had a premium, I will do extra research on heritage auction and greatcollections and I know that self attributing a VAM won't bring any value but it gives me an extra thing to do.

[DHalladay]

The premiums for these holders, sometimes referred to as "engraved" holders, tend to be gigantic lately... like 10X (or more) the normal price.

[johnhenry9009]

In my opinion I got it for a low price (for an engraved NGC holder)from GreatCollection for $113.62.

[DHalladay]

Fantastic buy!

[johnhenry9009]

Thank you, Mr. DHalladay

[colwillys]

1887 VAM 10 is common .i say no premium .. I have 1 PCGS and 1 ANACS both MS 63 ...
MS 64 at your buy price very goooood .

[johnhenry9009]

Thank you.