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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barberian, post: 11729155, member: 24442&quot;]I wanted to clarify something I mentioned above and add a fun tidbit.&nbsp; I first recognized the 1874-S WB4 from seller&#039;s photos on my computer.&nbsp; That prompted me to retrieve my Seated Liberty halves Dansco album to examine this coin further and attribute other coins in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once home, I set up my stereoscope, opened my SLH Dansco and took a quick peak at the top row of coins on one of the pages.&nbsp; The first coin I saw had a strong overdate with a doubled &quot;85.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;What the heck is this?!&quot;, I thought, so I looked at the label. Turns out it was a VF35 very early die state 1855/854 in my 1855 &#039;normal date&#039; slot. I already had a late die state 55/54 in a TPG holder, but never realized how dramatic EDS 55/54s are.&nbsp; This photo is from PCGS Coin Facts to show what EDS 55/54s look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1526578[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I clearly recall receiving the coin years before and putting it in my album without ever examining it, even with a hand lens.&nbsp; Knowing that I&#039;d paid $150 for this coin as an 1855 normal date, the discovery really kick-started my interest in die marriage collecting and cherry picking.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a photo of this coin yet, but it&#039;ll be part of my next submission to PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, I didn&#039;t recognize my 1874-S WB4 because the seller had juiced the photo with red-brown color.&nbsp; I had posted photos of this coin in the CU forums several times as one of my nicer, more colorful SLHs and had come to believe the coin was richly toned.&nbsp; I had to compare the gray coin in hand with the juiced photos to be sure it was the same coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was some reasonable skepticism that I&#039;d mistaken the very similar WB3 for a WB4, so I submitted the coin for grading and attribution along with an 1874-S WB3 to facilitate attribution.&nbsp; PCGS confirmed the WB3 and WB4. However, Trueview also juiced the photo with color, so I adjusted the color to more closely match the coin in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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