Here is
the latest Uniques file.
I don't totally disregard the Unlisted uniques. I'm simply not tracking ALL of the unlisted uniques... just those that interest me for some reason. It's hard to understand, I know, but here's the basic drill:
If there was a grouping of notes on a sheet and one or more of the notes on that sheet was unlisted and the others were SENC, I assume the unlisted note was probably also SENC... so I track it.
If there was a grouping of notes that had another reference number but no Haxby number, I'd track that until I could look up the alternate reference source... which is how I got started on the cross reference work.
If something about the description caught my attention as being a distinguishing characteristic, I'd flag it... just in case I found some way to check it out.
If all I had was an imprint and a denomination, I generally did not flag it. Too many of the alternate references are sloppy about tracking imprints, and they may have that denomination listed but I'd have no way to verify the note in question was indeed the one described by the alternate reference source. In short, if I had no way to verify a note, I let it slide.
MN presented an interesting twist. A couple of the notes in that group were "pre-proof". If you look through the Hewitt book you'll see "notes" that were really just rough guidelines for what the design would eventually be... vignette placement instructions, bank name, denomination... those are almost certainly unique (albeit not impressions of an engraved plate). So I thought I'd track those as unlisted uniques, just for the heck of it.
"Unlisted Uniques" is a sort of dumping ground, to be sure, but I expect that dumping ground has some real uniques in it.
- Greg