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I've been CRH cents for a little while now but haven't really been looking for errors or varieties. I've been saving all my copper cents then entire time and now that I have a loupe am going to start going through them. My question is how often do you find errors or varities while searching cents. I've seen lots of people keeping tabs on years/mint marks but not on things like MADs, doubling, rotated dies, clipped, re punched mint marks ext. Anyone have any statistics for those? Which ones are the most common to find? I am also going to be examining the zincoln a I get from not on as well so those stats can be included with just copper cents. I'm excited to start this adventure, also I've noticed a lot of filled D mint marks while sorting the copper cents. Is this a varitey? Any dates have value for filled D. Thanks in advance for all the help.
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I look for any easily identifiable error (i.e visible to the naked eye)and have found plenty. MADs, struck-through grease, struck-through capped die, wrong planchet, Cuds, etc. I do not use a loupe on every coin |
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I CRH cents. One box per week on average. There are many varieties and to a lesser degree errors to be found. Just this morning I found a 2004 with a large bar on column 7 and a 1998 WAM. I almost always find something keepable when I look through 5 rolls per day. Good luck on your hunting. John1  |
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 with John. I also do about 5 rolls per day spending and hour or two on them. Essentially you'll find error and variety coins in every roll; the key though is if they are significant enough to be a keeper. In a box: You'll find a fair number of clashes some of which are listed. You'll find a fair number of MAD coins, most of which are minor and unlisted. You'll find a few RPMs. Over a few boxes: You'll find variety coins: minor DDOs, DDRs, WAMs You'll find error coins: significant MAD (with some affected lettering), maybe a significant Greaser. Over several boxes: Moderate DDOs, DDRs, capped dies, major clashes. Pouring over boxes targeting the more obvious coins occasionally lead to nice finds. But I find that variety hunting increases interest and increases your odds of finding something of reasonable value. And as noted, it enhances the interest in the hobby. Certainly look at the Zincolns as well. Because there are many AU coins for these out there, the likelihood is that you'll find the more valuable Variety coins here because of their condition/grade. For me, I've had far better luck finding Variety coins in the Zincolns than in the Lincolns regarding DDOs and DDRs but I look at them all. Good luck! |
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I follow an approach similar to CoinCbass - looking for visible to the naked eye errors and/or varieties. I've found several nice capped die strikes, Cud's and of course 1998 and 2000 LMC WAM's. I do not use a loupe on any of my CRH ... to me anything requiring magnification to distinguish is beyond my level of patience to find. One exception - I keep all of my 1972 LMC is a separate jar - thinking that someday I'll inspect them closely for the various DDO. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Don't forget about trail dies  John1 |
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Misaligned die. John1 |
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Thanks for the info so far everyone. Only one question didn't really get answered and that was about the filled D mint marks. Any reason to set these aside from the Regular D mint mark. I'm planning on putting together year and mint mark rolls while going through my copper hoard.
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RPMs yes, filled Denver MMs no. So readily available that I can't imagine a premium is to be had. In fact, finding mid/late 70s MMs without being filled is tougher.
Those suckers are plain awful looking. Good luck on the project.
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