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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26157535, member: 104064"]I think Whitman has been dropping the ball in a lot of ways. CPG Vol II 6th Edition gutted the section on Barber dimes for example, and both Vol II and Vol III list some inverted S Barber quarters and halves that have been debunked in the BCCS journal. Where do they get this material and who is vetting it? The 3rd edition of Barber Silver Coins touts "revised and updated" but is essentially a reprint of the 2nd edition. In the intervening years, discoveries of a third Barber dime reverse type, third quarter obverse type, and second half dollar reverse type have been made, along with many related transition varieties. The publisher was well aware of all of it and chose to not update anything important. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure what's going on with Whitman, but it seems like grading guides are a fundamental part of coin collecting and the Red Book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26157535, member: 104064"]I think Whitman has been dropping the ball in a lot of ways. CPG Vol II 6th Edition gutted the section on Barber dimes for example, and both Vol II and Vol III list some inverted S Barber quarters and halves that have been debunked in the BCCS journal. Where do they get this material and who is vetting it? The 3rd edition of Barber Silver Coins touts "revised and updated" but is essentially a reprint of the 2nd edition. In the intervening years, discoveries of a third Barber dime reverse type, third quarter obverse type, and second half dollar reverse type have been made, along with many related transition varieties. The publisher was well aware of all of it and chose to not update anything important. I'm not sure what's going on with Whitman, but it seems like grading guides are a fundamental part of coin collecting and the Red Book.[/QUOTE]
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