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Valued Member
Canada
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Hey Guys,
I have been hoarding my copper pennies for sometime. I have $700 rolled thus far. When I sort, I throw all of them into a large Canadian Beer piggy bank and then when full roll them up and box them. I'm just getting into the collecting aspect of coins.
Im wondering what I should be on the look out for?
Any help/insight would be great.
-Sherry
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi Sherry, first off I would say collect the regular coins first.. If you start with the smalls from 1920 to date...Then try and pick up the easy varieties first, once completed then look for the more rares......Then if you want go after the errors , but its an endless search :)) but lots of fun
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi again Sherry, Ok I checked if he had another but he does not,,,But here is something you might really enjoy..It is another type set ebay listing 190770643252Its another great part of our history |
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Hey Art,
I have the entire set from 1920-2012. Until I joined CCF, I never knew of so many different varieties. Just looking at a post a few down an seen a penny that was 10 degrees of motivated me to get into that bank and start searching!
What are the easy varieties to spot for a rookie collector?
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Pillar of the Community
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I would say the 47's the 53's 55's the 85's I know there are a bunch more , but my passion is Victorian silver's... There are some awesome penny guys here that will surely fill in the missing ones
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Valued Member
Canada
263 Posts |
85s? Any specific reason?
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Valued Member
United States
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I just started hoarding copper cents from 1959 to 82 about a month ago and I have over 4,000 pennies already, buy I have been through a lot of rolls to get that. I average around ten coppers a roll.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The 85 pointed 5 are the ones to watch for.
83 near and far beads obverse
1965 have 4 types blunt 5 point 5 small beads large beads
Two types of 1949
Three types of 1948
Three types of 1947
1929 high and low 9
Plus many many more...
CoinsandCanada.com
Two great books,
Charlton standard catalogue
Haxby coins of Canada.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hi AZTAMT
If you like errors and varieties, there are hundreds of different ones out there, many of them easily found. Most years from the late 1930's through to the 1970's , and then several years into the 1980's and later have date or obverse doubling errors. Just about all years from 1937 to the mid 1960's, plus a number of years 1965 into the 2000's have wonderful die clashes. As well, virtually every year 1937 to present has pennies with some degree of rotation error, mostly in the range of the common 5-10 degrees but many with more and a few with as much as the sweet and rare 180. Many of these errors have been pictured in these forums, but with a good loupe and patience as you search I'm sure that you'll find quite a few in your stash. Good luck with your hunt and post pics of any sweet ones you find!
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Valued Member
Canada
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Im going to start tonight, very excited...Would love to find some degree of rotation errors. Whats the best way to spot that kind of error...Any tricks?
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Canada
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Don't forget to check your 1955 for NSF/SF
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Canada
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Hi AZTAMT
Rotation errors can be easy to spot, especially if the coin has a fairly strong degree of rotation. My method is to simply place it in a 2x2 flip (no need to staple it) with one face of the coin straight up and down and then I turn the flip over. If the other side of the coin is also straight up and down, no rotation. If it's not straight up and down, then one of the dies has been rotated. Use the same flip over and over, of course -- with a little practice you can do 9 or 10 coins a minute, which is a roll of pennies every 5 minutes or so. Myself, when I search I look for other errors and varieties too, so I take longer, but strictly for rotation, you can do most of a box ($25) in an evening. Good luck with the hunt and I hope you find a big one!
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