Hey there, I've recently returned to coin collecting after a 14 year break. I'm very familiar with CGC's approach to labelling trading card variations, but I'm wondering if NGC does the same for coins?
I notice on your census for the 1953 Great Britain farthing you have a single entry for 1953 (split into various conditions). For the 1953 farthing, however, there are several well-documented variations which exist and have been documented for many decades.
Commonly referred to as 1+A, 1+B, 2+A and 2+B, on the obverse the cross at the top either points to a bead (1) or a gap between beads (2), and for the reverse the 'F' and the 'I' in 'FARTHING' either points to a gap between beads (A) or to a bead (B):
1 + A (+ to bead, 'F' and 'I' to gap)
1 + B (+ to bead, 'F' and 'I' to bead)
2 + A (+ to gap, 'F' and 'I' to gap)
2 + B (+ to gap, 'F' and 'I' to bead)
All 4 variants were circulated, with 2 + B being the most common and 2 + A being the most difficult to find.
The 2 + A and 2 + B variants are known to come from regular 1953 proof sets (with 2 + B again being a lot more common), whilst the 1 + A variant is known to come from 1953 VIP proof sets.
A new variant was also discovered last year which also appears in some 1953 VIP proof sets which has the regular 2 obverse, but has the 'F' pointing to a gap and the 'I' pointing to a bead.
I have a set of the circulation coins as well as the 2 + A and 2 + B proofs which I'd like to send in for grading, but before I do I'm curious to know whether NGC would differentiate between the types rather than categorising them all under the same 1953 umbrella?
