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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2858852, member: 77639&quot;]When I was at the ANA show in Denver, the Chinese coin booth (as Panda America) was offering some commemorative show pandas in inexpensive &quot;trimetal&quot; and in silver.&nbsp; In addition to the regular 1 oz (30 g versions), there was to be a piedfort (or piefort) version of the silver coin, but they were on backorder.&nbsp; A piedfort is supposed to be the same design and diameter, but twice the thickness and weight.&nbsp; I was put on the waiting list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday, I was notified that the piedforts were available and would I like to buy one.&nbsp; I replied yes and asked them to send me payment details.&nbsp; Then I noticed that the coins weighed only 39 g.&nbsp; Further, some are offered in NGC slabs, and the slabs only state 39 g, but the word &quot;piefort&quot; is not there.&nbsp; NGC does put &quot;piefort&quot; on the label for coins that are the real thing.&nbsp; I canceled the order.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you&#039;re interested in one of these coins, be aware that it&#039;s 21g short of being are real piefort, and if it&#039;s certified, piefort won&#039;t be on the label.</p><p><br /></p><p>link: <a href="http://www.pandaamerica.com/sresult.asp?keyword=denver&amp;sortby=dateasc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pandaamerica.com/sresult.asp?keyword=denver&amp;sortby=dateasc" rel="nofollow">http://www.pandaamerica.com/sresult.asp?keyword=denver&amp;sortby=dateasc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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