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Not really doubting that this is FS-1C-022.3 (102) – what I would like is to know for certain that it is DDO-002 but I should elaborate a little further...
When I posted an eBay link on the LCR forums about an ANACS slabbed ’83 DDR-007 I wasn’t expecting Dr. Wiles’ response. I actually don’t think anyone did. We all figured it was a mistake on ANACS’s part; there wasn't a DDR die #7! His response was:
"The serial number indicates this was an early ANACS slab. Therefore they probably took the die number from the original CONECA master listing. Since that listing was provided by JT Stanton, I would assume that JT submitted the coins to ANACS with that number and they put it on the slab for him. The CONECA files were rebuilt beginning in the late 90s. There were many listings which could not be identified and were removed until new specimens could be examined for proper photography. Based on the lousy published photos of DDR-007, it appears to now be listed as DDR-002."
Now back to my coin - the '59 DDO. I noticed in the CPG vol. 1, 4th edition, FS-022.3 says (4-O-II) i.e. DDO-004 – but there no longer is a die #4 – and now die #2 in the CONECA files states it is FS-022.3, so I am assuming that like the ’83 DDR quandary, the CONECA files were adjusted. My mentoring professor at Yale during grad school always said, “Never assume,” so now I am really just looking to see if what I think is true, is in fact true. I’ll also finally note that at any given time there are multiple eBay auctions that list a 1959 DDO-004 (and a few other varieties I think are now assigned new numbers) for sale.
When I posted an eBay link on the LCR forums about an ANACS slabbed ’83 DDR-007 I wasn’t expecting Dr. Wiles’ response. I actually don’t think anyone did. We all figured it was a mistake on ANACS’s part; there wasn't a DDR die #7! His response was:
"The serial number indicates this was an early ANACS slab. Therefore they probably took the die number from the original CONECA master listing. Since that listing was provided by JT Stanton, I would assume that JT submitted the coins to ANACS with that number and they put it on the slab for him. The CONECA files were rebuilt beginning in the late 90s. There were many listings which could not be identified and were removed until new specimens could be examined for proper photography. Based on the lousy published photos of DDR-007, it appears to now be listed as DDR-002."
Now back to my coin - the '59 DDO. I noticed in the CPG vol. 1, 4th edition, FS-022.3 says (4-O-II) i.e. DDO-004 – but there no longer is a die #4 – and now die #2 in the CONECA files states it is FS-022.3, so I am assuming that like the ’83 DDR quandary, the CONECA files were adjusted. My mentoring professor at Yale during grad school always said, “Never assume,” so now I am really just looking to see if what I think is true, is in fact true. I’ll also finally note that at any given time there are multiple eBay auctions that list a 1959 DDO-004 (and a few other varieties I think are now assigned new numbers) for sale.
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