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Coppercoins has a separation technique that goes faster than usual. I think you separate by last digit then by decade digit (pretty sure that's how he outlined it.. I can't find that post but I'll keep looking for it). After that, if you inspect all one year at a time, you can spot anomalies faster. Look for doubling, anything else out of the ordinary. Small dates (1960 and 1970-S, I think, may be others). Repunched mint marks. There are way too many to list! As a starting point, when you're ready to peek at a certain year, you could look at coppercoins.com and see what's already attributed and decide how granular you want to be when searching. Keep in mind there are more varieties out there that have not yet been identified. Good luck and keep us posted.. of course we'll be wanting pictures  |
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It's been a while since I've searched cents. This was my routine: 1. Pre- or Post- 1982. The reason for this is the intrinsic value of the metal. The thought is to stockpile a large enough amount that you can sell it for scrap metal value. If you don't think it's worth it, by all means don't do it.  2. Separate pile for 1982s. When enough accumulated, weigh with a digital (or balance) scale. Also check for all of the varieties produced that year. 3. 1998, 1999, 2000: When enough accumulated, check for Wide-AM variety. 4. 1992: Set aside and check for Close-AM variety. If I were to start again, I would add: 5. 1983: Set aside and check for doubled-die reverse. Of course, you'll find the occasional wheatie and even rarer indian. I keep the wheaties separate even though the common ones aren't worth more than the 1959-1982 coppers. I also bought several folders, and pick through the piles of pre and post 1982s for nice examples to fill the slots. The question is: How will you return the ones you don't want? -wheatiefan |
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When we search a box, my son is just looking for dates he doesn't have--which means 2009 LP3-D and LP4-D and wheat cents. Actually, we save all the 2009s. We never really bother looking for varieties.
I collect Canadian cents, so I check those, too. I collect the Canadians because after I introduced Simon to coin collecting, he wanted me to have something to look for, too. Living in Michigan, we get lots of Canadian change.
We also save the box to take back the re-rolled cents. We usually get a mix of different denominations, instead of just cents.
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Good Luck with your box Paratrooper. The more I search cents the more I find there is to search for. I've only been at it for 2 years, but I enjoy it tremendously. By the way I was a member of the 101st. Airborne in Vietnam. Take care and good luck.
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No advice on what to look for .... just this .... enjoy.  David |
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Break it down as follows 1. All 1981 and before coins seperated into wheats and memorial. 2. 1982 (seperate zinc and copper later) 3. 1983 (for errors) 4. 1992 p and d (for narrow am) 5. 1998 p, 1999 p and 2000 p (for Wide AM) 6. All bu coins with strong details in zinc. 7. Foreign coins (usually Canadian) 8. 2009 pennies 9. Any with S mintmark Keep all the coins you like and want and throw the rest back! Sincerely, John Leckrone Edited by 925dealer
01/05/2010 10:03 pm
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A quick spot report: I just went through half the box with my seven year old daughter and all we looked for were wheats. I'm starting there so she can be involved and I'm going to do the more tedious sorting and inspection later. Just thumbing for wheaties our finds haven't been stellar, but at least we haven't gone empty handed. Halfway through we found 1 55-D in VF 3 2009 Cents, all are P's and all are different. A Childhood, an Indiana and an Illinois. 5 Canadian pennies. 1 2003 Bermuda "Elizabeth II" Cent in BU red. No idea about this one as I only know US coins. 1 1985-P in stunning, spot-free BU red. |
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The 1983-1986 zinc pennies are hard to find in bu condition so you are now well on your way to discovering the joys of "treasure hunting" in boxes of coins. May you continue to find some real treasures! Sincerely, John Leckrone
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What is the final goal? Fill holes? Find Wheat's? When I search I do a couple of things: 1. Have a list of all the major coins you will need to look at (Double dates, Wide AM, etc.0 2. I then have containers for the different things I want to keep and look at later. 3. I save all the BU's I can find and put them into rolls of their own. 4. Put aside any that my kids may need for their collection. I use to save the older coppers but I was getting too many and I wanted newer ones to search through. If you want these as well, save them, if not just throw them back in and trade for more. |
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USAP, welcome to the addiction.  Jim |
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I think the "inspected by" just means that it was checked (weight) to make sure that there was 50 per roll.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Break it down as follows 1. All 1981 and before coins seperated into wheats and memorial. 2. 1982 (seperate zinc and copper later) 3. 1983 (for errors) 4. 1992 p and d (for narrow am) 5. 1998 p, 1999 p and 2000 p (for Wide AM) 6. All bu coins with strong details in zinc. 7. Foreign coins (usually Canadian) 8. 2009 pennies 9. Any with S mintmark Keep all the coins you like and want and throw the rest back! Sincerely, John Leckrone That's exactly what I do! But I add 1972 DDO, 1995 DDO and 1984 doubled ear. I don't bother with the MM varieties, it's just too time consuming for me. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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I agree with Thad. I have found a number of 72 DDOs including die#. I am also keeping all extremely nice 1960-D small dates. They seem to be disappearing. Have never found a 60-P small date in circulation.
Jim
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Just the major stuff that's already been discovered in memorial cents: 1960D RPM#100/DDO-001 1960D RPM#1 1960D RPM#4 (minor but valuable) 1961D RPM#1 1963D DDO#1 1964P DDR#1 1968D DDR#1 1969S DDO#1 1970S DDO#1 1970S small date 1972P DDO (a few different ones) 1980P DDO#1 1982P DDR#1 1983P DDR#1 1984P DDO#1 1992P Close AM1995P DDO#1 1995D DDO#3 1997P DDO#1 1999P Wide AM2006P DDOAll are easy to see with a 5X loupe, and all will bring $100+ in nice red BU grades. I don't bother with sorting out Canadian or other foreign, and wheat cents don't excite me unless they are better dates. Additionally, I NEVER use a "list" when searching, and I highly recommend against it for anyone else as well. It keeps you from being the possible discoverer of something huge and exciting. All you're looking for is something someone else has already found - search everything, and you could end up with something far better. |
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Essencially, we all do the same thing. The big difference is the method we use, and the tactic is the sam,e. Chuck has one tool that I have fouind very useful./ It is a pair of thin strips of3/4/1-1/2, or about. Each strip has a slight grove made in each one that is just deep enough to retain the coins in place, when used. One will hold about half a roll of cents, where the coins are placed in a fairly even orientation with teach other, to facilitate viewing, then the top astrip is placed over the other, and clamped together, and rotated, so the other face of the coins be viewed. Very simple,,but very handy. The eye is used to view the same design presentation, and becomes very sensative to differences. Well worth a try!
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