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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 3287789, member: 84595&quot;]Happy New Year.&nbsp; I have been collecting and studying coins for 63 years.&nbsp; I examined the coin carefully before buying it to determine what might be the chemical makeup of the spot on the rim.&nbsp; I use a 45 power binocular microscope inputted into a computer. I examined the reeded edge and the obverse of the coin and concluded it was a contaminant of some type that had corroded the copper content of the coin.&nbsp; NCS would not be able to conserve this type of corrosion and any attempt on removing it at this stage of age would damage the coin edge.&nbsp; I believe it is stabilized and will not encroach further into the coin.&nbsp; SEGS got this one right and I wanted this coin in their quality holder with the VAM variety designation.&nbsp; As for me, I buy the coin and not the holder.&nbsp; Grading and authentication is subjective.&nbsp; Yes I do have BIG BOY TPG counterfeit micro o VAM variety Silver Dollars in my collection.&nbsp; When I do talks on counterfeit and altered coins I always say to buy the book before you buy the coin and buy the coin, not the holder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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