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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 7873610, member: 9270&quot;]I&#039;m trying to get my collection database fleshed out.</p><p>So I&#039;m starting with the Half Cents.</p><p>My resources for half cents are:</p><p>-- <i>The Half Cent Die State Book / 1793-1857</i> by Ronald P. Manley, Ph.D., 1998.</p><p>-- <i>The CDN Monthly Greysheet</i>, current.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the entries for my database is Rarity.</p><p>Using Manley&#039;s book the variety of one of the half cents is an R-6.</p><p>The Greysheet has it as an R-7.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which of these R-numbers should I consider correct?</p><p>Manley&#039;s 20+ years old value or the current day Greysheet value?</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually Ed Fuhrman will publish his book covering the date range of interest, but until then what resource should I consider correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a minor issue particularly since it&#039;s highly unlikely I will ever consider buying this particular coin but it&#039;s one of those little things that will nag me until I decide which way to go.</p><p><br /></p><p>Opinions, please.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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