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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 2879950, member: 77066&quot;]Wow that is really interesting that these&nbsp; coins fetch those kinds of prices.&nbsp; So how do you abbreviate the description using the Wexler method?&nbsp; &nbsp; Say it&#039;s a 1996 Nickel with obverse chatter doubling.. 5c 31-O-IX?&nbsp; If it can happen with any die that may chatter, how can you be sure (like in my example) that it was struck by die # 31.&nbsp; If you cannot then you that must be why you see so many variations having the same FS Number.&nbsp; Perhaps I should switch to a different system, like W. Breen&#039;s numbered varieties, which I do have some difficulty ID&#039;ing because of all the different numbered ones without pics in the book. </p><p><br /></p><p>And then there is the question of.... well what number do you want on your slab, if you should decide to certify a particularity high grade variety.&nbsp;&nbsp; My experience in buying coins is that the CONECA #&#039;s and FS #&#039;s are the most marketable. Basic Examples for this would be&nbsp; 1972 Lincoln cent&nbsp; DDO # 1, or&nbsp; FS-01-1972-101.&nbsp; Does the FS system ever&nbsp; include the stage of wear, for example I now use the CONECA number for most of&nbsp; one&#039;s I think I&#039;ve nailed and then either put the EDS, or LDS.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gotten any of the ones that get even more sprcific.. like stage B wear?</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow man I asked... alot... of questions!&nbsp;&nbsp; I did not intend for the burden to be put solely on you.... so if you know any of these answers off hand please just answer one or 2. I didn&#039;t realize how much I didn&#039;t know about the newer cons... I have been waiting for&nbsp; an answer to the question of why so many 2004D dimes with ear doubling look so different with different lines across the ears in different places.. Now I know.&nbsp; Sorry to go on &quot;chattering&quot; like this for so long.&nbsp; Pun intended, but realized it was Extremely corny, and still wrote it... LOL.&nbsp; BUT....</p><p><br /></p><p>on a serious note thanks SO MUCH for revealing this mystery on here.&nbsp; It would bug me and I probably tossed quite a few of those 2004D dimes into the change jar, because they didn&#039;t meet the exact criteria shown in the guide.&nbsp; At least two or three that I decided to look up, and didn&#039;t measure up exactly,&nbsp; went in to the change jar.... Wish I would have known about the type 9 back then. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again.... that post was HUGE for me![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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