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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CaptHenway, post: 7370044, member: 13813&quot;]Jack is absolutely right that you must know your published die varieties, and take the time to look them up while AUTHENTICATING a coin. Unfortunately some TPG GRADERS get caught up in the demands that coins be processed in 0.x seconds or whatever the standards are.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started at ANACS in 1978 as an AUTHENTICATOR, and we had the luxury of taking as much time as we needed authenticating a coin. 1804 dollars were easy, as we just looked them up in the original Newman-Bressett book, but I spent a lot of time on the 1870-S Half Dime because it wasn&#039;t published anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, sometimes new varieties are found. We had notes on die characteristic for 1928 Peace Dollars that were always either Die Pair 1, 2 or 3. Then one day die pair 4 came in. Absolutely genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p>TD[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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