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ANACS will attribute to Fletcher numbers in addition to CPG.

Thanks guys! It's really great to get that kind of input feedback. The more I'm on here the more I like it. For some reason, snobs and know-it-alls seem drawn to our hobby in large numbers, but I haven't seen much of that here. Itchy, thanks for the tips, and Crazyb0, I agree with itchy that shieldnickels.net is a good resource for die varieties. Howard Spindell(of shieldnickels.net)also has a software program on that site called Shield nickel Viewer. It's free, and is supposed to give you 3D views from every angle on every die variety in CPG. I can't say one way or the other on that though. I downloaded it, but it's in some format I'm not familiar with, and I can't get to first base with it. Also, I too use photo enhancement to look for die markers, etc, and it's a very useful tool. It's also a double-edged sword, and adjusting the brightness and contrast can make shadows look just like metal. I burned myself enough times that way, that the only thing I will adjust now is the light; the setting that makes it look like you put a brighter bulb in the lamp.

If you plug "snv Shield nickel" (without the quotes) into Google, it's the first link you'll get returned.