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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ozland tiger, post: 257239, member: 3168&quot;]I have experienced the same dilema. After much soul searching and discussion with trusted friends and dealers I started having my silver dollars&nbsp; graded and attributed by NGC and PCGS. Most of them by PCGS. It has been a three year project. All of my silver dollars were uncirculated.</p><p>I chose this route for several reasons. (1) I wanted to know if the grades were the same as I graded. (A bit selfish, but I was curious. I was accurate about 90 % of the time which surprised me.&nbsp; I only had two that body bagged. (2) I wanted a convienient and safe way to store the coins. (3) I wanted if my heirs decided to keep the coins that they could be handled safely and stored safely. (4) If the coins were to be sold, NGC and PCGS are considered by many to be the two most respected in the business (5) It was an easy way to establish a baseline value to the coins so hopefully when the coins were to be sold by my heirs they would have a decent chance to &#039;not&nbsp; be taken to the cleaners&#039;.</p><p>By having these coins attributed for VAM designations, it opened up an entirely new and interesting perpective to collecting dollars for me.</p><p>I will give you some examples. Here are some of the coins that came back that I had for a long time : </p><p>NGC MS 63 1878 7/8 Tailfeather VAM 42&nbsp; (7/7 TF) Morgan dollar.</p><p>NGC MS 63 1878 7 Tailfeather b1 reverse VAM 83 Morgan dollar</p><p>NGC MS 63 DMPL 1878 7 Tailfeather VAM 84. Morgan dollar</p><p>PCGS MS 63 1878 7/8 Tailfeather VAM 41 (7/7TF) Morgan dollar</p><p>PCGS MS 64 1878 7/8 Tailfeather VAM 38 (7/4 TF) Morgan dolllar</p><p>PCGS MS 62 1881-O/O VAM 5 Morgan dollar</p><p>PCGS MS 64 1878 7 Tailfeather VAM 82 b1 reverse Morgan Dollar</p><p><br /></p><p>When you have collected a long time and no children who even appreciate this wonderful hobby or would like to get in to it or grandchildren, you start thinking about what you would like to see happen to your coins.</p><p>While I recognize this isn&#039;t for everyone, this was a good viable alternative for me.</p><p>As someone posted to me and good advise....don&#039;t send off your coins willy nilly. Send them off if they have sufficient value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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