Since I now have about 27 IHCs I decided to try to attribute them. So I pulled down my copy of Snow's attribution guide. I happened to have my 1898 available so I opened the guide to that date. THERE ARE 36 VARIETIES LISTED!!! And to confuse me even further the guide says there were 197 obverse dies used. (How come there isn't 197 varieties? But maybe I should be thankful there isn't.) The good news appears to be that each of the 36 obverse varieties is paired with only one reverse. But I still have to figure the reverses out. Anyway, does anyone have any hints about how to simplify this process? Or deal with it logically? You know, sort of do this first, then this second, then ...
