Fair enough, I stand corrected in regard to the beginning of the bullion fund. But during this time period the US was doing far more to procure...
And VAM World, the link you used in your first post, is probably the best place there is to study about VAMS.
To get the UDM designation a coin had to be reflective at 12 inches. DMPL only requires 6-8 inches. UDM is the next step beyond DMPL and the old...
In the very beginning yes that was true. But by 1825-26 no. By then then the mint was buying the silver it needed from Europe, South America and...
Possible, but given the mintages of all silver coins in the years before 1826 and the years after 1826 - it doesn't appear that there was any...
I believe trial strike would be more accurate. Siggi is using the word specimen to mean example in this case, and I believe that is what he is...
Correct. And it has happened quite a few times over the years, even in the more recent years. The mint only produces the coin denominations, and...
It appears to be organic material on the coin. Yes, the spots will continue to get worse if you leave it alone. Your only course is to remove them...
Over the course of my life my home has been broken into 3 times. Of course all 3 times it was people close to me. And of course all 3 times the...
I give a man a fish and he will have 1 meal. I can teach that man to fish and he will always have a meal ;) And Heritage is arguably the single...
What makes you think either of those coins have been doctored in any way ? I see nothing to make me think so. And I'd bet either of those would...
Just take it to a jewelry store and get it weighed. You need to know the weight to xx.xx grams. Odds are that will settle it for sure.
I learned a long time ago not to trust the color of coins in pictures as gold can look like silver and silver can look like gold very easily. It...
Actually, your biggest danger is the people you know personally - friends and family. People you would never suspect, and people you never believe...
turtledove - you can look up stuff like this on the Heritage web site and then you know what the value differences are and don't have to rely on...
Well for one thing it sure hasn't been in the water very long. Salt Water corrodes silver and that has few if any signs of corrosion. Kinda...
Every Morgan dollar is a VAM of some sort or another. And they are not errors, they are varieties. The VAM (Van Allen and Mallis) number just...
As I said in the other thread, it doesn't.
There really is no enforcement per se. PCGS filed a civil suit against several of the coin doctors, the suit got dismissed if memory serves. Other...
You may think it does, but an experienced eye will not. There are plenty of people who think that wiping a coin with a cloth works well, or a...
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