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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barberian, post: 26798828, member: 24442&quot;]I follow the Sheldon Rarity scale where R8=1-3 coins, R7=4-12 coins. R6=13-30 coins, R5=31-75 coins, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an 1874-S WB-5 (Obverse 1 with Reverse B), recently graded at PCGS at VF20.&nbsp; It is rated an R7 with only 6 examples currently known since it was described and published by SLH expert, Bill Bugert in 2015.&nbsp; I happen to have seen three of these WB-5s on eBay, all of which were either Fair-2 or a harshly cleaned UNC.&nbsp; This example was found on a dealer&#039;s site by a fellow SLH die marriage collector who alerted me to it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1710706[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I sent it to PCGS, and they apparently don&#039;t recognize the WB-5 and called it an WB-2 (Obverse 2, Reverse B; rated an R5).&nbsp; Where does PCGS get the right to be arbiters of known die marriages?&nbsp; Their job is to properly identify all known DMs that have been discovered, described and published by experts, and then grade them.&nbsp; In effect, they have polluted both WB-5 and WB-2 with their poor attribution work and not keeping up with new DMs. A perusal of Coin Facts shows that it is filled with their erroneous attributions.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Upon contacting PCGS about this error, they tell me they don&#039;t know what DMs are legit, and that I would have the best chance of receiving a proper attribution by submitting a common DMs. That rare DMs are often not recognized by their attributers. WHAT?!&nbsp; They ignore the dozens of DMs that have been described and published since Bill Bugert&#039;s registries were published.&nbsp; Those rare DMs are the reason for having them being attributed and labeled in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line: If you have rare DMs, DO NOT send them to PCGS because they really don&#039;t know what they&#039;re doing and they don&#039;t care to know.&nbsp; I&#039;ve even had trouble with them over 1855/54 overdates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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