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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2292436, member: 59677&quot;]It&#039;s three things: registry set mania, conditional rarity AND a major research project.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS exhibited &quot;The End of the Trail&quot; collection at ANA 2 years ago.&nbsp; He&#039;s continued to &#039;improve&#039; the set and it&#039;s GPA is now 1.058.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=82663" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=82663" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=82663</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/ezine/imagesforweb/hoyman-set-registry-brochure.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/ezine/imagesforweb/hoyman-set-registry-brochure.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/ezine/imagesforweb/hoyman-set-registry-brochure.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the coins were so worn that you couldn&#039;t actually see the date, but various die markers in protected areas allowed for the positive identification of the coin. Reportedly it took two years of research to prove out one of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that level is only possible in something like Morgans or Peace dollars where there has been enough research in dies and die marriages.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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