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Message:: [QUOTE="Barberian, post: 26810648, member: 24442"]Another "investment" I made was spending some time learning how to recognize 1855/54 overdates, particularly in blurry photos.  I had already purchased a very weak overdate in XF45 off Heritage for a very strong price and became dismissive of the variety until I discovered that my 1855 normal date was actually a WB-1 1855/54 with a pronounced overdate. I purchased the coin to fill the 1855 normal date slot, and when it arrived, I regarded it as barely "clearing the bar" for that slot in my Dansco.  I never looked at it critically as one normally does with a new purchase. Ten years later, after downloading Bill Bugert's keys, I discovering my 1874-S was the rare WB-4 that BB called a "super-rarity." All that excitement prompted me to fetch the Dansco out of my SDB, examine the WB-4, and check my other SLHs for scarce die marriages hoping that "lightning strikes twice".  The first coin I happened to look at holding the Dansco under my 'scope was this "1855 normal date" with a screaming overdate.  Flash...Boom! [ATTACH=full]1711122[/ATTACH] Upon recognizing what to look for on these 55/54's, I picked a quart of these cherries including an XF45 off Great Collections. However, this crusty AG3 WB-1, picked off eBay for $48, is one of my favorite coins in my collection.   [ATTACH=full]1711123[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]