The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 32, August 10, 2003, Article 13

GRADING SERVICE POPULATION REPORTS

  Rusty Goe writes: "An interesting sidenote to the inaccurate
  population listing for the 1873-CC "No Arrows" dime in the
  April, 2003 PCGS Population Report:

  Apparently after a bit of further research, PCGS discovered
  that the one example of this date that they had listed as an
  MS-64 was no longer in one of their holders, and they
  removed it from their listings as well. As a result, the next
  issue of their Population Report listed, not two, but zero
  1873-CC N/As dimes.

  Of course, the only known specimen of this date has been
  housed in an NGC MS-65 holder for quite some time.

  There are numerous instances of both of the major grading
  services retaining population entries for some of the more
  celebrated rare coins.  However, it is indeed beneficial to
  researchers and future generations of numismatists when
  these grading services audit their databases and accurately
  adjust the numbers."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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