1878 8TF Census Project
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If you are the owner of one or more of the rare or ultra-rare 1878 8TF varieties, the SSDC needs your help. In order to get an accurate assessment of rarity and therefore value of some of these varieties, we need to know how many there are and in what grade. Other specialty clubs, such as the Bust Half Nut Club and Early American Coppers have done rigorous research to make sure that their condition census figures are as accurate as possible. SSDC is going to start undertaking this, starting with the rarest of the 1878 8TF VAMs. If you own any of the coins listed below, send me the varieties and grades, whether raw or certified. Include the grading service name and certification number for coins that have been graded by a grading service. Keeping this information accurate will be difficult, but possible by observing the following:
- If you have a graded coin that has been counted regraded, send me the new grading service, grade, and certificate number as well as the old one.
- If you have a raw coin that you've included in the census graded by a grading service, let me know.
- If you sell a raw coin to another collector, let them know whether it's been counted. It's in their interest to make sure the populations don't get inflated.
Especially for raw coins, if you can include some distinguising mark on the coin (hit or spot), it will help to keep the census accurate in the future.
Be aware that absolutely no information about who owns a specific coin will be retained in the census database, and nobody other than me will be reading responses to the census.
The list of coins we are counting for now include:
VAM 5, 9, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13, 14.14, 14.15, 14.16, 14.17, 14.18, 14.19, 14.20, 15.
Send your information to census@varslab.com.
Thanks for your help.
- If you have a graded coin that has been counted regraded, send me the new grading service, grade, and certificate number as well as the old one.
- If you have a raw coin that you've included in the census graded by a grading service, let me know.
- If you sell a raw coin to another collector, let them know whether it's been counted. It's in their interest to make sure the populations don't get inflated.
Especially for raw coins, if you can include some distinguising mark on the coin (hit or spot), it will help to keep the census accurate in the future.
Be aware that absolutely no information about who owns a specific coin will be retained in the census database, and nobody other than me will be reading responses to the census.
The list of coins we are counting for now include:
VAM 5, 9, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13, 14.14, 14.15, 14.16, 14.17, 14.18, 14.19, 14.20, 15.
Send your information to census@varslab.com.
Thanks for your help.
John
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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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Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Isn't Larry Briggs doing some similar research at this time? I am not sure, but I heard something to that effect.
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