Guess how many 1867 Shield 5c w/rays in PCGS and NGC MS65 have been offered by Heritage in the past
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<< <i>The wit is in the truth of a joke, isn't it? >>
Could you dumb it down a bit for me?
How many of those offered are repeats?
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Edited to add: "on average"
<< <i>[deadpan]I know that everyone has been waiting anxiously for the answer[/deadpan]. My Heritage search turned up the following:one more than three years ago in 2006, two in 2005, and one in 2003. The next most recent was in April 1999 (four years earlier and more than than 10 years ago). So, the correct answer (at least according to the results of my search of the Heritage auction archives) is four, less than one every other year on average. Take a close look at the next 1867 5c w/rays that crosses your path and enjoy the rarity of the piece.
Edited to add: "on average" >>
Hmm. I'm counting 32.
(I guessed 11-15)
2nd edit: changed 34 to 32
Ed. S.
(EJS)
<< <i>
<< <i>[deadpan]I know that everyone has been waiting anxiously for the answer[/deadpan]. My Heritage search turned up the following:one more than three years ago in 2006, two in 2005, and one in 2003. The next most recent was in April 1999 (four years earlier and more than than 10 years ago). So, the correct answer (at least according to the results of my search of the Heritage auction archives) is four, less than one every other year on average. Take a close look at the next 1867 5c w/rays that crosses your path and enjoy the rarity of the piece.
Edited to add: "on average" >>
Hmm. I'm counting 32.
(I guessed 11-15)
2nd edit: changed 34 to 32 >>
Dammit.
<< <i>I don't know if the "oops" belongs to me or to you. Perhaps you're looking at both w/ and w/out rays together? >>
Checked again. Lowered the count to 32, but I did make sure not to count the no rays. (I accidentally had two 1866's in the count.)
For the record, I used the old search feature, just searched on "1867 MS65" (no quotes), both the options "search titles and descriptions" and "include items not sold" were checked. Gave 99 results. Went through the list by hand back to late 99, and counted 32. Made sure all 1867, all with rays, and all either NGC or PCGS. It's possible that if I went through each listing some of the "rays" peices may acutally be no rays pieces misattributed. But the included pop reports would suggest that 32 is not a strange result.
Ed. S.
(EJS)
What are the pops?
NGC: 49/10
<< <i> But I'm still right because only PCGS 65s are really 65s. >>
<< <i>PCGS: 27/4
NGC: 49/10 >>
The data seems to support this as well.
I know when I was trying to add a nice 64 to my collection, I became discouraged rather quickly in the NGC examples offered in that grade, so to see something similar in 65 is not unsurprising -- but I didn't expect the gap to be quite that wide.
Very interesting.....
what am I searching incorrectly?
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<< <i>The wit is in the truth of a joke, isn't it? >>
Could you dumb it down a bit for me?
In the words of Fat Tony: "It's funny, 'cuz it's true."
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