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I have just started to do major searching bought 2 boxs of nickels 2 boxs of pennies 1 box of dimes found a war Nickle and some other nickels I thought where worth keeping no buffalo tho just wondering on what to keep and what's junk been keeping anything dated 2009 any suggestions on certain dates to always keep or anything like that or how to spot an error benn keeping any penny dated 1970 or later and any nickel that coin tracker has a value of 1.00 or more in poor condition
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Pillar of the Community
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pre-'60 nickels seem to be a favorite to keep as they are 50 years old pre~1981 cents if you want to hoard copper '58 and under are wheats anything with an S mintmark (some are proofs, others not, but you can find that out when you have a few) pre-'65 for quarters and dimes. (they are silver) pre 1971 halves are also silver what do you want in your collection really is the question? are you going for a profit? are you making a set? there are WAM pennies, wide rim SBAs... all kinds of varieties including 7 of the 1982 cent (some are copper, some are zinc like 1983 and up) edit: ugh, typos..  Edited by shadz
08/04/2014 01:27 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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  Kaboel! The folks above have pointed you in a general direction and to key resources to develop your own specific list of collectables. There are more sites to explore for each denomination that interests you, so putting together simple searches should yield volumes of reading. Don't forget to use the Search tool here to look up details on a particular question you have and if you can't find answers, the folks here are quite knowledgeable and willing to help. Good luck!! |
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New Member
 United States
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Okay I have begone to research my coins for various doubles and WAM pennies iam just wondering what the find rate on these are I guess it's hard to take a picture and make it reality would I know if I seen it or could I easily pass on one mainly looking for WAM and the 1994 double die column |
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Valued Member
United States
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I also like nickels, some other things to look for are "Full Steps" on Monticello, I keep those if they are old enough. I've been lucky enough to find a few proofs. Also I have been researching online and have read that there is a '90 missing FS, and the Cherry Picker guide lists a '63 TDR and a '64D repunched mintmark, I've also heard to keep '68, '69, and '70s with no mintmarks.
Good Luck
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Valued Member
United States
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Not much of a hunter but one of the first things I do when examining modern coinage is flip a coin back and forth looking for die rotation discrepancies.
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Posted 08/03/2014 09:08 am
