"New" VAM Book Warning

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messydesk
messydesk Posts: 20,819 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This week while teaching at the ANA summer seminar I noticed a VAM book that a student had brought in that had a cover I had never seen before. Someone he knew bought it about a month ago. It had a glossy soft cover and was a bit thinner than the 4th edition. I started flipping through it and realized it was not only a new reprint of the 2nd (1976) edition with a 2016 printing date shown, but a poor quality one at that. The student says the book had been purchased on Amazon. I found it and left a review, but Amazon says the book is currently unavailable.



Anyway, if you are ordering a VAM book online, be careful to make sure you are getting a 3rd or 4th edition and not this 2nd edition reprint.
John
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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  • giantsfan20
    giantsfan20 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭✭
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    What is the title and author of the book in question?
  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,819 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: giantsfan20

    What is the title and author of the book in question?


    The title and author is the same as the VAM book -- Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars by Leroy Van Allen and A. George Mallis. The cover design is a new one.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks for the information.... I often pick up books for good prices... Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    that works for me as well. thanks for the info.
  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Do you think the chinese are moving into the reprographics division?
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  • Dentuck
    Dentuck Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭
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    Ken Bressett has told me of instances in the 1960s
    when counterfeit Red Books were being printed in
    China for sale to American coin collectors. 1,200,000
    copies of the authentic Red Book were sold in
    1964, so it makes sense that counterfeiters
    would see it as a profitable target.



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