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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow ..... a case study in itself. Thank you all for sharing your keen eye and smart mind :)

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hopefully our host will use the experience of these variety pick up points for attribution and solely not The Cherry Pickers Guide.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Based upon the progress being made, do you think it is safe to resubmit for variety attribution for 1849/6 H10C Over Widely Spaced 6 PCGS # 4342?

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is the listing for varieties showing now? Could somebody please post a fresh screencap?

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 10, 2019 4:00PM

    Nothing has changed.

    Ready for some confusion?

    I submitted a 4343 (now known as 4342) which is the old number for the generically graded 1849/8 without full attribution. It is an FS-301 OVD.

    It was in the encapsulation stage and I checked the cert. It actually came up with the new and correct attribution as an
    1849/6 FS-301 OVERDATE which is 38738. However in the registry it's referred to as an RPD even though on the
    cert verification page it shows as OVERDATE. Now today, it went backwards to the crackout stage. I called customer
    service and they knew nothing about it and couldn't help.

    I simply don't understand why this is so complicated. On the cert verification it shows this FS-301 as:
    "PCGS # 38738 (Variety of: 4343)"

    How can there be a variety of a variety? In my opinion all 1849 varieties are varieties of 4341, the straight up 1849.
    4343 doesn't show in either the MAJOR or COMPLETE variety sets. In the MAJOR set 1849/6 doesn't have a PCGS#,
    it's just blank where the number should be.

    In my opinion, the registry entries should look like this:

    1849………................PCGS# 4341
    1849/6…..FS-301….…PCGS# 38738 – ( cert verification page should show variety of 4341)
    1849/6…..FS-302….…PCGS# 145432 – (cert verification page should show variety of 4341)

    The two varieties should both be in the MAJOR variety set AND the COMPLETE variety set. 4342 & 4343 shouldn't exist. If PCGS insists upon keeping 4342 as a generic number for 1849/6, then it absolutely DOES NOT belong in the COMPLETE variety set because your 4342 would be a duplicate of one of the other two varieties.

    AND to add to the fire in the registry they have the FS-301 listed as an RPD and FS-302 as an "Overdate". Why overdate is not abbreviated as OVD I don't understand.

    I really don't understand why this is so complicated. It's all over the place.

    Please excuse my use of bold and caps. It's not like I'm frustrated or anything.....

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why would someone shell out an additional $18 for cherry picker variety numbers (FS) when the major variety has no fee?

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @oih82w8 said:
    Why would someone shell out an additional $18 for cherry picker variety numbers (FS) when the major variety has no fee?

    >

    It comes down to which game you want to play. I'm attempting complete varieties.

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    yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm attempting complete varieties.

    I see that set has similar issues at present, like:

    1848 Large Date 4339
    1848 Large Date FS-301 38737

    [These are the same die variety]

    Hopefully in 2-3 years, there will be a new and actually complete reference on the Liberty Seated Half Dime die varieties.
    Current list is about 600 varieties, compared to 98 in this PCGS Registry Set, which is basically a Red Book set.
    So it should at least help to create a registry set like the LS Dimes which has 155 varieties at present.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 11, 2019 6:39AM

    @CaptHenway said:
    What is the listing for varieties showing now? Could somebody please post a fresh screencap?

    Based off of the 1849/6 H10C (Regular Strike) page, there are five “Show Related Coins and Varieties (5)” https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1849-6-h10c/4343

    1849 H10C (Regular Strike) PCGS #: 4341
    1849/6 H10C 9 Over Widely Placed 6 (Regular Strike) PCGS #: 4342
    1849/6 H10C (Regular Strike) PCGS #: 4343
    1849/6 H10C Overdate FS-302 (001.55) (Regular Strike) PCGS #: 145432 (The same as PCGS #: 4342 (Wide 6))
    1849/6 H10C Overdate FS-301 (001.5) (Regular Strike) PCGS #:38738 (The same as PCGS #: 4343 (Close 6))

    In MY opinion, there are three total designated by PCGS; the 1849 H10C (PCGS # 4341), 1849/6 Widely Placed 6 (PCGS # 4342) and 1849/6 (Close 6) (PCGS # 4343). The Cherry-Picker varieties are just duplicates of the 4342 and 4343. I still don’t think that they got it right, just more confusion.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well.......The third line is still wrong. #4343 should say "9 Over Close 6." Let me work on that.

    There are two different dies that qualify for the #4342 listing, the V-1 and the V-2 (also known as V-6 in the late die state, but none of the grading services recognize it). Only the V-2 qualifies as the CPG FS-302, which is the PCGS #145432.

    So, #4342 is NOT the same as #145432, but #4343 IS the same as #38738. Got that? For my next trick I will explain how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

    I tried to get both the CPG and PCGS to recognize the V-1 die with separate numbers, which might have helped clarify all this, but neither party wished to do so. PCGS cannot do so unless CPG does first, and Bill Fivaz is not interested.

    TD

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 11, 2019 9:06AM

    @CaptHenway said:
    Well.......The third line is still wrong. #4343 should say "9 Over Close 6." Let me work on that.

    There are two different dies that qualify for the #4342 listing, the V-1 and the V-2 (also known as V-6 in the late die state, but none of the grading services recognize it). Only the V-2 qualifies as the CPG FS-302, which is the PCGS #145432.

    So, #4342 is NOT the same as #145432, but #4343 IS the same as #38738. Got that? For my next trick I will explain how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

    I tried to get both the CPG and PCGS to recognize the V-1 die with separate numbers, which might have helped clarify all this, but neither party wished to do so. PCGS cannot do so unless CPG does first, and Bill Fivaz is not interested.

    TD

    As far as Liberty Seated Half Dimes are concerned, I thought PCGS only recognized the FS numbers as stated in the CPG? If that is correct, they why are they using non-FS designations such as "Widely Placed 6"? Here's their list. The Liberty Seated Half Dimes fall under the umbrella of the last line. No half dimes are on the noted exclusion list.

    "What varieties does PCGS recognize? PCGS recognizes the following varieties:"

    Half Cents (1793-1857) by Cohen numbers
    Large Cents (1793-1814) by Sheldon numbers
    Large Cents (1816-1857) by Newcomb numbers
    Half Dimes (1794-1837) by Logan/McCloskey numbers
    Dimes (1796-1837) by John Reich Society numbers
    NEW Liberty Seated Dimes (1837-1891) by Fortin numbers
    Quarter Dollars (1796-1838) by Browning numbers
    Half Dollars (1794-1836) by Overton numbers
    Capped Bust Reeded Edge Half Dollars (1836 – 1839) by the Dick Graham (GR) numbers
    Liberty Seated Half Dollars by Wiley-Bugert (WB) number
    Dollars (1794-1804) by Bolender and Bowers/Borckardt numbers
    Morgan and Peace Dollars (1878-1935) by VAM numbers (Includes TOP 100, HOT 50, and Hit List 40; see list)
    Gold Quarter Eagles, Half Eagles and Eagles (1795-1834) by Bass/Dannreuther numbers
    Fivaz-Stanton Varieties from the Cherrypickers Guide, Fourth Edition Vol. II and Fifth Edition Vol. I (see list for exclusions)
    

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PCGS also recognizes varieties that are in the Redbook...if I am not mistaken.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 11, 2019 9:33AM

    @CaptHenway said:
    but #4343 IS the same as #38738.

    PCGS says 38738 is a variety of 4343......

    I'm using aspirin this morning, I'll switch to booze later.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    So, #4342 is NOT the same as #145432...
    TD

    I was going by the images posted in CoinFacts under those PCGS #'s.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    I tried to get both the CPG and PCGS to recognize the V-1 die with separate numbers, which might have helped clarify all this, but neither party wished to do so. PCGS cannot do so unless CPG does first, and Bill Fivaz is not interested.

    TD

    Forgot to mention in my above post that ultimately this being the case, yes, a separate number would've settled everything.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The registry updated. No doubt thanks to CaptHenway! I also e-mailed and I received a nice response to let me know these changes were made. Here are some screenshots.


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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ms70 said:
    The registry updated. No doubt thanks to CaptHenway! I also e-mailed and I received a nice response to let me know these changes were made. Here are some screenshots.


    Where is the “Over Close 6” 4343?

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 13, 2019 7:42PM

    @CaptHenway said:

    @ms70 said:
    The registry updated. No doubt thanks to CaptHenway! I also e-mailed and I received a nice response to let me know these changes were made. Here are some screenshots.


    Where is the “Over Close 6” 4343?

    That is not there. I assume because it's the same as FS-301 so it would be a duplicate.

    These screen shots are the "Complete" variety set. The "Major variety set has a slot for 1849/6 but no PCGS# at all next to it.

    Personally I don't agree with an "optional" coin that's not calculated into the set being included in a set..... because then it's not really part of the set. But I guess this is what got decided on.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Screenshot from the "Major" variety set:

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    But isn’t 4343 a Redbook variety?

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 13, 2019 7:50PM

    @CaptHenway said:

    Where is the “Over Close 6” 4343?

    Above I mentioned that I was under the impression 4343 & 38738 (FS-301) are the same, but PCGS says one is a
    variety of the other-

    Screenshot from Cert Verification page:

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So if you have an 1849/6 Close 6 and you send it in as an overdate you automatically get the 38738 designation with an FS number, even though you did not pay for an FS-number, but if you send in an 1849/6 Wide 6 as an overdate you get the 4342 designation without the FS number?

    Who's on First?

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 14, 2019 10:27AM

    @CaptHenway said:
    So if you have an 1849/6 Close 6 and you send it in as an overdate you automatically get the 38738 designation with an FS number, even though you did not pay for an FS-number, but if you send in an 1849/6 Wide 6 as an overdate you get the 4342 designation without the FS number?

    Who's on First?

    The FS-301 that I just had graded was purchased in a 4343 slab. When I sent it in I taped a note to the slab explicitly saying I wanted FULL attribution as 38378 (FS-301). I did pay the attribution fee.

    As you can see in the screen shot above of it's verification page, PCGS says it's a variety of itself.

    How is that even possible?

    I don't know the answer to either of your questions, but I will likely figure out who's on first before the other question.....

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 14, 2019 10:43AM

    What's on second.....

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 18, 2019 4:55AM

    I really wish that whoever is mucking up this one date of a coin would pay attention to this thread and their contributors for a subject matter expert. It's not that hard to understand among specialists.

    I dont know is on third...

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And I don’t give a darn!

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    4342 Was removed from the "COMPLETE" Variety set.

    The generic entry for 1849/6 is still in the "MAJOR" set with no assigned PCGS# to that slot. It has not changed, so I assume anyone pursuing that set with any 1849/6 variety would have that slot filled.

    This is today's screenshot of the COMPLETE Variety set.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2019 3:46PM

    Just got the TrueView of the above mentioned FS-301.

    AU55

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    yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2019 4:39PM

    Nice coin.
    It definitely has the V-4 / FS-301 obverse.
    I don't see the crack at the left ribbon and stem, or at R, so I think it may be a V-5.
    Although with the toning, those cracks could be harder to spot from a photo (even a nice one like this).
    I don't see the V-5 reverse cracks, either (they are very light, though).
    I see some die file marks above ES and OF which may help - will check with my photo collection when I'm back at home.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 31, 2020 6:13PM

    I finally got around to sending in my two circulated 1849 9 Over Widely Placed 6 H10C, and they came through this time, PCGS # 4342. In April 2019, the attributor room said that they did not see it and sent them out unattributed.

    These two were reholder / variety attribution submissions, along with some other crossovers, so the certification numbers did not change.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did they put FS-302 on the holders or are they still using "Over Widely Placed 6"?

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ms70 said:
    Did they put FS-302 on the holders or are they still using "Over Widely Placed 6"?

    I did not pay the $18 attribution fee for the FS number, so it states "9 Over Widely Placed 6".

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2020 7:44AM

    CoinFacts updated for my submittal;

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