Posted 04/09/2022 10:29 am
They are the same.
The FS-101 designation is short for Fivas-Stanton, a couple of numismatists who are best known for their extensive cataloging of varieties. They are the authors of the Cherry Picker's Guides, one of the seminal works in the field.
PCGS has decided that they will only attribute varieties assigned an FS number, so on their website they only list those specific varieties. If a coin has multiple varieties for a given year, such as the 2004 Cent currently showing 68 different DDR's according to Variety Vista, PCGS is only going to show on their website the ones (actually only one) with an FS designation.
The PCGS website is sometimes confusing because they can list the same variety multiple times, however. Your 1917 DDO, for instance, is listed as a "Major Variety" without the FS designation and under a separate list as a Die Variety as FS-101. They are the same variety, though. I don't know why they do this as it seems confusingly redundant.
One nice feature of Doubleddie.com is that they will list all the various attributions for a variety to help clarify things. Under 1917 DDO they have 5 different attribution codes from the major variety cataloguers so that you can compare them all to your coin. Variety Vista, on the other hand, only lists the CONECA attribution and the FS number.
The Coin World sometimes seems to go out of their way to make it difficult for beginners to learn the hobby.
The FS-101 designation is short for Fivas-Stanton, a couple of numismatists who are best known for their extensive cataloging of varieties. They are the authors of the Cherry Picker's Guides, one of the seminal works in the field.
PCGS has decided that they will only attribute varieties assigned an FS number, so on their website they only list those specific varieties. If a coin has multiple varieties for a given year, such as the 2004 Cent currently showing 68 different DDR's according to Variety Vista, PCGS is only going to show on their website the ones (actually only one) with an FS designation.
The PCGS website is sometimes confusing because they can list the same variety multiple times, however. Your 1917 DDO, for instance, is listed as a "Major Variety" without the FS designation and under a separate list as a Die Variety as FS-101. They are the same variety, though. I don't know why they do this as it seems confusingly redundant.
One nice feature of Doubleddie.com is that they will list all the various attributions for a variety to help clarify things. Under 1917 DDO they have 5 different attribution codes from the major variety cataloguers so that you can compare them all to your coin. Variety Vista, on the other hand, only lists the CONECA attribution and the FS number.
The Coin World sometimes seems to go out of their way to make it difficult for beginners to learn the hobby.
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