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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 592532, member: 12965&quot;]I agree that there is no easy way to attribute these or any coin that I know but my point was, when you do have a known variety within a group, with only medium quality obverse pics, you can&#039;t attribute it with Bob&#039;s pics, even though the choices have three distinct date placements. That had nothing to do with normally attributing these, since date placement can&#039;t be used by itself but it&#039;s a good start and I use the placement of the Date, LIBERTY, and the entire reverse on DBC&#039;s but generally speaking, I can rule out many DBC&#039;s by date alone but not with Bob&#039;s book. The average BHC on Ebay cannot be attributed by Bob&#039;s book and if it helps to have another book to use, then BINGO, Bob&#039;s book is clearly lacking! But I will admit I&#039;m a picture attributer and I use the pics in Bowers new book and only read the writing when it matches or comes close and I use Tom Decks pics for attributing all the time and there&#039;s very little writing with his pics and when I attribute Fugios, I use the Fugio plate coins on Notre Dame, so I&#039;m used to attributing by pics. And on Fugios, I key in on the I in Business and its placement compared to the dash above it or lack of a dash, then I branch out to the cinquefoils once I find one close and I can attribute a Fugio fairly fast with that method.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So my original point was, which had to do with the OP coin, unless it has a very distinguishing feature, it is hard to attribute BHC&#039;s using Bob&#039;s book so I won&#039;t be attributing it.&nbsp; :goofer:&nbsp; And if I find one on Ebay that I suspect may be a R-3 or better, I go to Heritage and start running down the list until I find it but I don&#039;t use Bob&#039;s book unless there is a cud or distinguishing mark of some kind.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: Give me a Connecticut to attribute, over a BHC, anyday!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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