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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 913978, member: 21705&quot;]I&#039;ve noticed that &quot;experts&quot; in all fields discount observations by non-experts without really examining the information. I guess information is POWER and they&#039;re not good at sharing. It&#039;s like interviews with experts on National Geographic or Discovery who always say something like, &quot;I&#039;ve been studying this for years and since neither I or my colleagues has ever seen it, then it DOESN&#039;T EXIST! End of story.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s pretty arrogant to think that perhaps 10 observers perhaps 1,000 times more observant would see as much as 6 billion other less distinguished observers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, back to the subject. My real goal in closely examining coins with an open mind to all possibilities is not to be the first or final word or authority. It is to add some little piece of the puzzle to advance the science of the hobby which has given me so much pleasure because of the work of others who preceded me and my contemporaries who continue advancing the science.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1907-D Eagle simply allows me to walk in the footsteps of the early observers of Early Date Large Cents. This is what I am calling varieties because the differences are relatively easy to see. Only since I started&nbsp; reading CT last year have I learned that the MM provides some variation that I thought was impossible since the use of hubbing became standard practice. There are lot&#039;s of people who can observe more subtle and distinctive differences than me.</p><p><br /></p><p>My concern has nothing to do with marketability or value so I don&#039;t really care if it&#039;s in a cherry picker&#039;s top 100 list. I understand the limits to variation for those in the business. On some level, every coin is unique and you can&#039;t have the entire US coin supply in your shops. It appears that most people limit the &#039;variety&#039; label to to those TPGs are willing to attribute or on some registry list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, are these differences easily recognizable to most of you? Is it presented in a way which helps or is it confusing or worse, uninteresting?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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