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Message:: [QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 8206458, member: 104064"]There's a clue about that in the listing for his 1842-O 25c Small Date AU58: "Although we cannot say for sure, it is almost certain that John McCloskey purchased this coin as a Large Date example, as John's numismatic budget generally did not allow for the purchase of condition census pieces." So he cherry-picked it, and I get the impression that he just wanted examples of every variety he could find without necessarily looking for the best. A "just to have one" style like my own perhaps. I did notice the large number of Details coins. I popped in and out waiting for my lot to come up and there was some intense live bidding going on for certain coins. Since he is credited with discovering the Barber dime design types, I was surprised by how few he had - 1895-O, 1896-S, 1901-S, 1903-S, and 1905-O Micro O. The "keys" and all in low grade or details. Also surprising that neither the 1901-S or the 1903-S had the "thick ribbon", which is what he discovered. The "thin ribbon" for those two dates is the common version. Of course a lot of them could have passed through his hands and these keys were just the ones he kept.[/QUOTE]