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Message:: [QUOTE="Tim C, post: 3451608, member: 71569"]The Cherrypickers’ Guide is still in print so I’m hesitant to post copy write material. Wiles’ book has been out of print for decades and the last time I spoke with him about his book he had no problem with showing the occasional page on the internet for educational purposes. All I can tell you on what makes the grade, so to speak, is that I have a few 1966 Kennedy half dollars that were returned to me unattributed by PCGS with a note from Mike Faraone (who was the attributor for PCGS at the time, now retired) that when tilted he could make out parts of the designer initials and they were not totally gone. The past couple of years, since Mike Faraone retired, I not sure who has been doing the attributions for PCGS but from what I’ve seen he needs to go back to school especially with the Kennedy series.  I sent two coins in last year that were mis attributed under their guarantee and I was made whole.  I have two more coins in right now, one 1967 MS64 FS-102 (top pop 3 – 0) which instead of being the DDO-007 is the DDO-003 and the other is a 1964-D MS66 (supposedly top pop by itself) FS-108 which is a DDO-009 instead of the DDO-008. One thing I will say for PCGS, they have always stood behind their attribution mistakes with their checkbooks which is more then I can say for NGC.[/QUOTE]