Would You Share The Pup's You Know, Or Not...

The Mighty OZ, (lol)

I have been reading your comments and see you have a better than good understanding of the ENTIRE Morgan VAM passion.

I ask you, why do you think, in your own opinion, is the top 100 pop list coins, are ALL the pup;s NOT listed, is this just an example of human error, is there just another simple reason, or is there ??

I would appreciate your apparent obvious experienced comments!!
Thanking you in advance, Mike......

Vamming by its very nature is a 'work in progress' that will always (to a certain degree) be incomplete.

The aspect you are alluding to is: Are all pick up points on all vams shown? In my experience, no.

Anytime you have a body of work that is being assembled, it is up to the people contributing to list what they are comfortable listing. Couple that with brighter than average IQs with competitive egocentric personalities and the obvious answer is not everything will be listed. There are people in the hobby who want for what ever their particular reason is, to maintain a competitive advantage. This doesn't mean these people are bad. This doesn't mean something is nefarious, it only means the contributors did not list everything they knew. Some of this view can be ascribed that not everything is going to be given to someone without effort on their part to learn. This is a powerful dynamic in this complex equation.

I think the thing to focus on is learning good methodology and sound vamming technique. At the same time also understand not all data on a body of work in progress is always accurate.

If you are going to have a mentor ship program, you need serious students willing to put forth an honest effort to learn. Absent this, many who have gained a lot of knowledge are reluctant to see it squandered by handing over that knowledge without effort on the part of students to learn.

With the advent of the Internet, as Marshall McLuhan once noted, the medium is the message. It is this ways with vams. As more and more Morgan and Peace dollars are codified, the Internet with its' instant access to data will rule the day.

As I stated earlier, this is a complex multifaceted issue that has many differing points of view with no one correct view.

Its all good Mike...as in any adventure many things look like there out to make a buck on any thing we undertake...that's surely/probably true, but in turn doesn't mean we have to partake..how we choose to partake is our own doing...

Timmy, WELCOME to the family, I appreciate your commenting on this topic. What do you collect, I would tell you this forum has plenty of experienced, kind, willing to share knowledgeable people who assist others who ask and seek information in the Numismatic hobby, good luck, Mike...

I would like to offer a perspective on this question.

I do a fair amount of research. I think I share the results of what I do, especially by publishing it and making it available to anyone who wants the info.

However, when I am faced with whether or not to update a particular page on a particular website that also caters to VAMs, I am faced with a dilemma.

The openness of the site I refer to allows it to have incorrect information posted. So I am faced with not only a large, very time consuming job of updating a particular date & m/m based on my work, but also the decision on whether to delete or eliminate the work of others that is incorrect.

Also, I recognize that anything I post, can be changed, overwritten, or otherwise eliminated on the whim of others. Not that it would be done maliciously, but even if it is done innocently, would be a waste of my time.

So what would you do?

Dave, those of us who whine find ourselves visiting over here. Whine incessantly, and you may get booted from the other site.

Actually one does not have to whine to have the topic locked or posting privileges suspended, all you have to do is comment on a topic that MIGHT not be discussed and received warmly, by some of the chosen few and most of all could possibly upset the presently accepted format which could drive the natives away.........IMO.