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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
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I have the fifth edition, volume 1 and there's great information in it, especially for the beginner, but I do find that I'll check online via coppercoins or Wexler's more often than the actual book when checking for doubled dies and such. Still, it's a great book to have.
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Moderator
 United States
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Required reading for every collector.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bought my first one when it was a spiral bound all in one edition. It took me from what is a variety to which one did I find to just setting it aside and finding stuff. It was my most used tool when I started
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Correct, a must-have for every collector.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have volume 2. It is handy for questions about doubled dies that are not on different sites. I thought when I bought the book it would be handy to have, but didn't catch on it was volume 2. (I though all the information would be in one book) I've used it some for specific questions on Dimes and larger denominations. Someday hope to get volume 1. (It gives me a third source of reference)
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Bedrock of the Community
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When I started, I ignorantly pictured myself looking through rolls with this book opened beside me - thiking these were the only varieties tto look for. I was not aware of the huge number not covered in the book until I started finding them in rolls. So now it is simply for pictures when I cannot find it online. I think if I did not have it, I would want it anyway. I find myself supplementing it with printed pages from online.
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It has good information, but not near enough pictures of different varieties. Another book I like is Coin World's Making The Grade. It has very good pictures and descriptions of all U.S. coins for accurate grading. |
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Whitman has it so one can pre-order the 6th edition of Cherrypicker's Volume 1. How is differs from the 5th I don't know but thought I'd chime in with this info.
-MV
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm guessing the newest things will be added to that newer volume.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Like the other posts, I too use it as supplemental info. When I first started (which wasn't all that long ago), I found that the Strike it Rich book really helped me. Like the guys said, once you learn what to look for in general, all of the books kinda become supplemental.
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Valued Member
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thanks all for the feed back
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Pillar of the Community
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There will be many new items in the next edition of CPG Vol. 6 /ll. I listed dozens of Lincoln Cent varieties that I passed on to Mike and Bill when I decided to bow out of editing this latest edition due to health reasons (now resolved). Here is the press release that Dennis Tucker sent to me. Whitman Publishing Releases New CherryPickers' Guide: 6th Edition, Volume I (Atlanta, Georgia) — Whitman Publishing announces the release of a new, expanded, and updated 25th-anniversary volume of the CherryPickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States coins. The popular award-winning series shows collectors how to find valuable coins hidden in pocket change and dealers' inventories. The new sixth edition, volume I, covers Half Cents, large cents, small cents, two-cent and three-cent pieces, and nickels. It will be available on September 29, 2015, online (including at http://www.Whitman.com) and from booksellers, hobby shops, and coin dealers nationwide, for $39.95. The book can also be borrowed for free as a benefit of membership in the American Numismatic Association, through the Dwight N. Manley Numismatic Library.
Longtime die-variety specialist Mike Ellis joined the Cherrypickers' team as editor of the new volume, working with the book's original creators, Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton.
"Cherrypicking" involves examining coins to find those that look common at first glance, but have unusual characteristics (like doubled and tripled dies, overdates, and repunched mintmarks) that make them rare and valuable. An example is the 1873 Indian Head cent with a doubled obverse (pictured on the book's cover). The normal coin can be bought for about $125 in circulated condition, while the doubled-die variety in the same grade is worth $2,000.
The CherryPickers' Guide includes 1,100 close-up photographs plus text descriptions to guide the reader, as well as market information and values in multiple grades, for more than 680 varieties. Appendices include essays on types of doubling, how to examine your coins, Proof set varieties, collector clubs, recommended reading, and other beginner and advanced topics.
The new volume is 48 pages longer than the fifth edition and features 150 new varieties. " Lincoln Cent collectors are the biggest winners with the latest CherryPickers' Guide, with 43 new varieties, including many moderns," said Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. "Also, the Buffalo nickel and Jefferson nickel chapters have each nearly doubled, with 31 and 34 new varieties, respectively." Other series that include more than 10 new entries include two-cent pieces, Shield nickels, and Indian Head cents. There are additions to the Flying Eagle cent and Liberty Head nickel series, as well.
Ellis and Fivaz coordinated the efforts of more than 15 die-variety specialists from around the country, updating retail prices, rarity ratings, and various market factors for each coin. The new book gives special attention to the Two Feather varieties of Buffalo nickels, the doubled dies of the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial cents, and various Close AM and Wide AM cent varieties.
The front of each chapter conveniently lists new entries, as well as entries scheduled to be removed from future coin-by-coin listings, and old entries that have been debunked by modern research.
The CherryPickers' Guide can be pre-ordered online before its September 2015 rollout, including at http://www.Whitman.com.
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08/12/2015 11:30 am
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