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I see that the February HA monthly World and Ancient auction has not 1 but 2 PCGS graded examples of the extremely rare Middlesex Shackelton #475 conder tokens.  Unfortunately, both have the correctly spelled LONDON obverse which makes the first one the very common Middlesex #476 and the second example the equally common #477.

I wonder if PCGS missed checking the edge variety on the second one - there are 3 rare to very rare edge varieties for #477.

Hopefully the bidders will be smart enough to simply visually verify that London is spelled correctly instead of LODON as is the case on real #475.  The consignor might get lucky a second time.

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On 2/2/2018 at 2:02 PM, farthing said:

I see that the February HA monthly World and Ancient auction has not 1 but 2 PCGS graded examples of the extremely rare Middlesex Shackelton #475 conder tokens.  Unfortunately, both have the correctly spelled LONDON obverse which makes the first one the very common Middlesex #476 and the second example the equally common #477.

I wonder if PCGS missed checking the edge variety on the second one - there are 3 rare to very rare edge varieties for #477.

Hopefully the bidders will be smart enough to simply visually verify that London is spelled correctly instead of LODON as is the case on real #475.  The consignor might get lucky a second time.

I recommend pointing out the specific lot numbers to Mark Feld of these boards, who works for Heritage. He has successfully intervened in the past when I've seen misidentified lots.

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They have another screw up, lot 36094 is listed as a Middlesex D&H 294c a RRR coin (R-7 on the Sheldon rarity scale).  It is actually 295a (That is assuming it has a plain edge like a 294c would.  They don't mention what the edge actually is.  It is ISN'T plain then it is a LOT more common.)

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And Heritage has now corrected the description of lot 36094 to have the correct attribution.  Glad to see that Heritage has updated these 3 lots to have the correct DH #'s instead of those of extremely rare varieties.

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