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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is also a very similar 1927-D, which was discovered by coin dealer Norm Talbert back in the nineties. Here is an image, courtesy of Variety Vista-

  • MJHMJH Posts: 538 ✭✭

    Here is a pic of a VF20

  • MJHMJH Posts: 538 ✭✭

    About a year ago I had 2 coins not attribute that I thought should have , One coin was a 1927-D 3 1/2 leg buffalo.
    I called and talked to the customer service manager, They were kind enough to give me free submission
    for a second look at the coins. It took a while but both coins ended up attributing.

    They do try to make things right.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They have a copy of my book on the abraded die varieties with an extensive section on the 3 1/2 legged coins. They should be able to properly attribute the variety.

  • kruegerkrueger Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭

    join the club. I never know what they are going attribute.
    As strikes come strong and weak so do varieties.
    seems PCGS likes them strong. the weaker they are your odds of attribution go down.
    happened to me many times. also they seem to follow their approved reference photos.
    if the s/s is north in the reference photo thats what you will need regardless if it also comes" east" and "west".
    if the split is clearly 1mm , but the reference shows 2 or 3 mm its no dice.
    disheartening and expensive. calculate how much per square footage your square millimeter of variety is costing you.
    ALOT more than property use to run in Hong Kong.

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    if they'd just set up a secure zip with trueviews i'd knock out a nice chunk of work for them (but like gizmo, no work or food after midnight lol), minus, medals, tokens and colonials but that's just a matter of having a few thousand images and a dozen or two books. (although they may have specialists handling just a few categories, which is probably best.

    good thing about big collections going to auction is, among many things, is getting full sets of images of variety runs. between 6-8 of the big auction firms selling numismatics and someone getting paid and/or dedicated, it is amazing the digital file system one can put together.

    <--- look what's behind the mask! - cool link 1/NO ~ 2/NNP ~ 3/NNC ~ 4/CF ~ 5/PG ~ 6/Cert ~ 7/NGC 7a/NGC pop~ 8/NGCF ~ 9/HA archives ~ 10/PM ~ 11/NM ~ 12/ANACS cert ~ 13/ANACS pop - report fakes 1/ACEF ~ report fakes/thefts 1/NCIS - Numi-Classes SS ~ Bass ~ Transcribed Docs NNP - clashed coins - error training - V V mm styles -

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've been worried about TPG variety attribution after finding a rare SLH variety (an R8) that is very similar to a more common die marriage (R3), and then hearing of one respected TPG's poor batting average at variety attribution. I considered obtaining letters of verification from top SLH variety experts and collectors but chose to send the common variety along with the rare variety so that they can make the comparison themselves. If they screw that up, that will be an embarrassing failure for that TPG service which claims to be the most respected in the US.

    3 rim nicks away from Good

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