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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2624947, member: 24314&quot;]Has Insider ever not made a comment?&nbsp; See joke post#44.</p><p><br /></p><p>AFAIK here is the rest of the story...</p><p><br /></p><p>A large number of professional numismatists/dealers would not know a doubled die if it smacked them across the face.&nbsp; In my experience, it took until the early 1970&#039;s before these things started to catch on and became highly sought after.&nbsp; While everyone at the time knew of the 1955/55 cent, coins like the 1941 DDO, were virtually unknown.&nbsp; I once had to beg a dealer to purchase a F+ 1916 DDO nickel for $35!&nbsp; The error guys finally started listing interesting varieties and <i>Cherrypickers</i> was published.&nbsp; Then the floodgates opened as new coins were found. </p><p><br /></p><p>When PCGS and NGC were founded, the graders there were dealers.&nbsp; Most of them did not know about any varieties that were not major.&nbsp; In the 80&#039;s, naked eye doubled dies were slabbed as normal coins (just as the OP&#039;s coin) because they were overlooked.&nbsp; It seemed to me that the 1946 DDR 50C was always missed at both services.&nbsp; At first, services like PCI, and ANACS were the only services to indicate<b><span style="color: #b30000"> ALL</span></b> varieties.&nbsp; At that time NGC for example only slabbed coins that their Head of Research deemed important.&nbsp; Thus, only the major 1972 DDO was slabbed as such because attributing a 1972 DDO #4 as a doubled die would suggest it had &quot;value.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Today, variety attributions help pay the light bill and all the TPGS have variety experts on staff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to the OP&#039;s coin.&nbsp; As has been stated above, either the graders missed the variety or saw the variety and are instructed to ignore it.&nbsp; &quot;Mistakes&quot; as this one happen either due to inattention or ignorance; however, any TPGS that claims to be #1 or #2 should be better at catching this OBVIOUS DDO.&nbsp; If a TPGS claims to be #1 or #2, there should not be a list!&nbsp; Trying to protect a collector from overpaying (DDO #1 price) for DDO #4 is not the business of a TPGS! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; If the graders are instructed not to attribute an obvious variety because it was not paid for that&#039;s STUPID.&nbsp; Call the customer.&nbsp; Otherwise it makes the TPGS look ignorant as in the case here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I know for a fact that ICG attributes coins for their customers for free if it is something interesting or major like a Top 100 Morgan or better Bust Half even if the collector did not know what he had.&nbsp; I believe ANACS has done that also but in a much more limited way.&nbsp; AFAIK, the top two services <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> do not.&nbsp; That&#039;s a real shame.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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