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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tim C, post: 2106792, member: 71569&quot;]19 Lyds,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I totally understand.&nbsp; Just a few days ago I bought this coin on eBay, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/111617356334?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_498wt_1026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/111617356334?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_498wt_1026" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/111617356334?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT#ht_498wt_1026</a> knowing that it wasn&#039;t the DDO-006 or FS-102.&nbsp; You can tell by the die scratches on the obverse that it is the new DDO-017 that Larry just got listed (I have two raw copies of the newer variety just not sure if they would grade higher then MS64). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The newly listed DDO-017 can be found in Mint sets so high grades should be able to be &quot;HAD&quot;.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/111308563431?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_328wt_1026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/111308563431?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_328wt_1026" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/111308563431?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT#ht_328wt_1026</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I fail to understand why the TPG companies don’t put together a working pamphlet of the different series that they attribute with several close up pictures of the different markers for each variety instead of relying on the two (or less) small pictures in the Cherrypickers’ Guide (maybe less mistakes would be made).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As a reference book, The Cherrypickers’ Guide falls short of the mark needed to be useful, especially with the Kennedy series, to attribute accurately.&nbsp; Just look at the 1966 SMS DDOs, some of the varieties listed in the Cherrypickers’ Guide are almost indistinguishable from other varieties not listed in the book based on the photos provided.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>NGC is at least trying to build a reference system on the web of the varieties they will attribute for their customer / public to use.&nbsp; I agree that NGC needs to have a competent individual or group review the data to make sure it is accurate and if they are going to cross reference their work to the CONECA files then the photos used should match up to the variety being sited.&nbsp; Hopefully it is a work in progress and as mistakes are discovered / reported then the site will be corrected.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>End of my rant,</p><p>Tim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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