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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nesvt, post: 98560, member: 1749&quot;]I don&#039;t think he accepts coins for general attribution.&nbsp; I may be wrong.&nbsp; You could send him an email to confirm.&nbsp; The coins I send to Leroy are ones that I think may be new VAMs. </p><p><br /></p><p>The last printing of the VAM book is the 4th edition.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t contain the the hundreds (or thousands) of additional new discoveries.&nbsp; There are updates to the book that can be purchased from Leroy.&nbsp; When I have a coin to attribute, I search the VAM book, the supplemental updates, check a couple of web sites, and then usually ask for help on one or more coin forums.&nbsp; If I can&#039;t identify it, I send it to Leroy with enough funds to cover the return shipping/handling/insurance.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are places that will provide this type of service.&nbsp; ANACS will do VAM research for $6 a coin.&nbsp; Dr. Fey, the author of the Top 100 Book, will do VAM attribution for $5/coin.&nbsp; One of the authors of the Hot 50 and 1878 8TF Attribution Wizards does it as well.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there are others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leroy Van Allen&#039;s mailing address, email address, and prices for the supplemental updates can be found <a href="http://www.ashmore.com/vamupdate/vamupdatecosts.htm." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ashmore.com/vamupdate/vamupdatecosts.htm." rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Fey&#039;s site is <a href="http://www.rcicoins.com/Attribution.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rcicoins.com/Attribution.asp" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS info is at this <a href="http://www.anacs.com/services.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.anacs.com/services.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>The VARSLAB site is <a href="http://varslab.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varslab.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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