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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 2430346, member: 23692&quot;]Yes, you can look in the old Zoell books/pamphlets and they would have them and the photography would be correct and individually numbered.&nbsp; You can also go to Jack Griffin&#039;s 1992 book, &quot;Some die varieties of the large cents of British North America and Canada&quot; and use his extensive reference guide and numbering system.&nbsp; The originals are hard to find, but Charlton reprinted it after Jack died under the same title, but also as Monograph 1.&nbsp; There are no real &quot;names&quot; for 98% of all the varieties, but Charlton numbers, like DP#&#039;s 1-5 for the 1859&#039;s, micro D, the &#039;82 Obverse anomalies, as well as a few others, are in use.&nbsp; Most of any actual &quot;names&quot; for the varieties came from common usage over the years on coin and web sites, or research material. If you look at pages 266-268 you will find Griffin, Zoell, or Turner numbers for most the 40 varieties that we put in the book and had already been published somewhere.&nbsp; Those ID&#039;d by Griffin # are correct by Griffin description in the original work.&nbsp; We wrote the Charlton variety section before we proofed the Charlton Griffin reprint.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, you must be VERY CAREFUL when using the photos. Jack&#039;s original work had no photos, only descriptions that were first, and foremost, based on date spacing and then describing any other anomalies.&nbsp; Photos were taken by Brian Cornwell (who ran/runs ICCS) and the photos were put away for safe-keeping as Jack&#039;s work carried on.&nbsp; Bill Cross, who ran/owned Charlton&#039;s had promised Jack that he would republish his works, along with photos, if the photos were still available.&nbsp; Somewhere along the line, there was a disconnect and the wrong photos were attached to the original, correct descriptions and Griffin ID numbering system.&nbsp; The photos will picture a valid variety, but the written description does not match the picture. DO NOT ever use the photos in the Charlton reprint as your Griffin numbered ID.&nbsp; Three of us collectors that wrote the 2011 Charlton variety section went through the reprint and noted all the errors that we found that involved the photo/description mismatches and they are at Charlton (and have been for over 5 years).&nbsp; We found an error rate that approached 40%, with some of the dates way over 50% incorrect.&nbsp; &nbsp; Again, DO NOT use the Charlton reprint as a reference if you are using the photos in the book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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