Look At What I Found!

Nickelsearcher, in the spirit of CCF is the main reason I DID NOT state what it was. I wanted to see how many of the newbies were actually learning, or if the were learning enough to go find what this was. We have had a huge amount of people lately that have come on here and posted photos and asking questions about things we see and answer every single day. When they could easily find answers of there own by looking through the past posts.

This particular variety has been discussed, with photos, and expainations more than a couple of times over the past few weeks. I do not think you can tell how someone has progressed without putting that knowledge to the test.

I was not trying to trick or deceive anyone here. Nor was I trying to sit on high looking down on everyone else. I was merely trying to see who was absorbing and who was not. PERIOD.

When I found it I had already found one before. So I was looking to sell it. The eventual buyer was one that was trying to acquire one of every die pair. He was missing a few, but my coin was not matching the ones he already had or the ones he was missing. Confident it was a new die pair he purchased it and sent it in to Billy Crawford. Billy was the one doing a magority of the analysis for this variety and was documenting everything. He was also to author of Die Variety News. So at the time there was only 8 known pairings. This one became known as #9, and I got my 15 minutes of fame. Then again in 2012 I was honored with the discovery of two new 1963 RPMs for the Copper Coins website. This has been a great hobby for me. Now I just sit and search everyday hoping for that new discovery. I sell my extras on ebay to further my own collection. I spend a lot of time here on CCF trying to educate those wanting to learn. Life is good.

There are many people on here that have learned because Coop, Ken, Mike, BJ, and others have answered questions over and over again. I agree it is good to research, but I think the majority of what is learned here is in real time posts. This Discussion Forum allows personalized questions and answers - almost as good as face to face, but certainly better than reference material.

"The pictures should say it all"?......I looked at the coin and the only thing the pictures told me was that it a normal 1988 cent with reverse scratches. Not impressed by the least with whatever is wrong with the coin....maybe I just don't understand picture talk.

I can't think of one reason to call him out then to proceed dogging out a fellow member because he doesn't participate as much as you or agree with your standard of participation. I enjoy your post seal but this one is not cool. I have 1100 post in 7 years for those counting

What I find amazing is the fact I have found 3 Philly minted ones. I am in Houston where Philly coins are scarce. But that one evens me up at 3 each mint. Keep in mind I search TEN THOUSAND or more of cents a week.

Yes. I do not bother with overly damaged or corroded cents. One they would not look nice in my collection, or two they would not sell well for cash to further my collection. I only look for stuff that jumps out at you. I do not look for simple minor spreads. I look for ones with noticeable spread, with notches and or seperation lines. It also helps that with doing it as long as I have, I know the pick up points on a cent that are more prone to doubling. If I cannot see it with my 10X loop, to me it is not worth keeping. Yes, I let a LOT of smaller, lesser known doubled dies slip through my fingers. But to me that is OK, because the ones I do keep are really the one worth looking at.