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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 2474841, member: 46237"]That's interesting. I just looked at the census for some of the Hungarian types I collect, and the titles for the years with multiple varieties have changed. As an example: Hungary G20F 1880KB now lists "Design of (1870-80)" and "Design of (1880-90)". For 1890 it now lists a type with no variety (plain Jane 1890K) and another listed as "Shields are Different" as a type. Until very recently they were using the KM number to identify these types.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have noticed that NGC likes to mess with the text they use to describe types, and that, in general, the descriptions are not being changed for the better. Another example. They used to label the 1896KB 5K restrikes as "X-11 Silver Restrike", which is perfect. It's exactly what it is. Then they started using "Modern Restrike", or more often "1965 Silver Restrike", which I wish they didn't use, since according to Artex records these were struck in 1967.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm fairly certain they are trying to get away from using KM numbers to identify types, but in doing so, they don't seem to have a good (or consistent) solution yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 2474841, member: 46237"]That's interesting. I just looked at the census for some of the Hungarian types I collect, and the titles for the years with multiple varieties have changed. As an example: Hungary G20F 1880KB now lists "Design of (1870-80)" and "Design of (1880-90)". For 1890 it now lists a type with no variety (plain Jane 1890K) and another listed as "Shields are Different" as a type. Until very recently they were using the KM number to identify these types. I have noticed that NGC likes to mess with the text they use to describe types, and that, in general, the descriptions are not being changed for the better. Another example. They used to label the 1896KB 5K restrikes as "X-11 Silver Restrike", which is perfect. It's exactly what it is. Then they started using "Modern Restrike", or more often "1965 Silver Restrike", which I wish they didn't use, since according to Artex records these were struck in 1967. I'm fairly certain they are trying to get away from using KM numbers to identify types, but in doing so, they don't seem to have a good (or consistent) solution yet.[/QUOTE]
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