Shatsi: Are you sure that the dealer didn't mean G-4? G's and S's can look alike with poor handwriting. I've never heard of an S-4 except maybe there is one in another Country. G-4, 1864 Indians are plentiful.
could S-4 refer to the "Sheldon" number? I did a quick google with "S-4", "coins" and "rarity" in the search and the most common reference that seemed to come up for old coins was for the Sheldon scale.
There are two different scales associated with Dr. Sheldon. The first is the 70 point scale used for grading (see link at NGC for more information).
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