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First Time I Disagree With PCGS ..........
BIGDAVE
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Tell me what you Think
Maybe i am Wrong but it sure matches the Picture on page 242
of the Cherrypickers Guide
I say it is a F-124 or F-109
They say a minor DDO
Maybe i am Wrong but it sure matches the Picture on page 242
of the Cherrypickers Guide
I say it is a F-124 or F-109
They say a minor DDO
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bob
No way that is a "minor" variety.
If not an F 124 - perhaps it is a discovery piece of a new "major" variety. Cha Ching!
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WS
I stand corrected they evidently got it right.
WS
I put a Hold Do Not Ship
I called but she Said have to wait till Friday
Agree, looks like F-124 DDO-003 to me.
I think they'll correct it after a second look.
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They call anything that does not match a Minor variety......doesn't mean it's minor.....just the wrong variety.
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This variety is not in CPG, so it is not a variety that PCGS attributes. Having said that, IMO all of the TPGs do a mediocre job of attributing shield nickel varieties. This is not entirely their fault - the only references they look at are CPG (and sometimes Fletcher but not for our host), and neither of those is sufficient to distinguish some of the varieties that are extremely similar.
According to my way classifying DDOs in SNV, this variety is clearly a Major DDO.
To the poster who asked how much this coin costs, I would estimate its value at $300+. (You might want to check out my website in my sig line if you haven't seen shield nickel varieties before.) I'm guessing it graded EF40. I don't know what the OP paid, of course. I have never seen this particular variety for sale, and I would be a buyer if I found one I liked.
I currently have 36 different DDOs catalogued for 1872 in SNV. Some of them are very difficult to distinguish. The only year with more DDOs is 1868 (67 different DDOs presently catalogued).
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Seems you have made the case- great looking coin.
How did it grade? Looks to be in the 35-40 range
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<< <i>This coin is actually F-114 (S2-1017, 16-O-IV). It is extremely similar to F-124. The easiest way to distinguish the two is that F-124 has a broken letter U (TRUST), while F-114 has a complete U.
This variety is not in CPG, so it is not a variety that PCGS attributes. Having said that, IMO all of the TPGs do a mediocre job of attributing shield nickel varieties. This is not entirely their fault - the only references they look at are CPG (and sometimes Fletcher but not for our host), and neither of those is sufficient to distinguish some of the varieties that are extremely similar.
According to my way classifying DDOs in SNV, this variety is clearly a Major DDO.
To the poster who asked how much this coin costs, I would estimate its value at $300+. (You might want to check out my website in my sig line if you haven't seen shield nickel varieties before.) I'm guessing it graded EF40. I don't know what the OP paid, of course. I have never seen this particular variety for sale, and I would be a buyer if I found one I liked.
I currently have 36 different DDOs catalogued for 1872 in SNV. Some of them are very difficult to distinguish. The only year with more DDOs is 1868 (67 different DDOs presently catalogued). >>
Took the words out of my mouth.
Yes, without question, it's a doubled die.
It's just not the doubled die in the CPG.
For future reference, IF coins that are submitted are doubled dies but not "THE" doubled die in the CPG, they'll all get the Minor Variety designation. It is no indication of the strength of doubling as much as it is that the variety is not attributed by PCGS as a Major Variety. (o.e. not in the CPG) Therefore they all get Minor Variety.
It really means little though since simply having PCGS recognize the fact that it is a Doubled Die should be enough for most collectors and/or purchasers.
The above coin has Major Doubling for an IKE but it turned out NOT to be the FS-103.
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