What To Look For?

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The trick is going to be consolidating all of this information into an article (as a reference guide). As people add responses, they will have to be sorted, and responses (like this one!) will need to be culled.

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I think that I (with everyone's help) will be able to squeeze everything down into a guide. I think that I will use this thread mainly as a place for collaboration and discussion, and when the time comes place the actual guide someplace else.

Oh, I'm excited about this threadd! <<< Ha, a double-d error! Anyway, I'm a complete noob, but when I go through a roll of coins, I'm completely and utterly overwhelmed. This will help a bunch. I love the idea of a shorthand list for going to the coin store, too.

"1865 5 over 4 Tip of 5 either plain or curved."

Just so you know...the "Fancy 5" 5/4 is not actually an overdate but due to a defective punch. The same punch was used on some 2-cent pieces. The only verified IHC overdate is the 1888/7 Snow-1. These coins actually lost their value when the overdate was debunked!

Basically, there are three areas you need to look for. And it's a long list if you're new to coin collecting.

1st Area - Errors/Varieties. This list is as long as you like. For each year and mintmark of the Lincoln Cent, there are probably at least 2-5 varieties. You'll never get a short list of this for all the coins you're searching through. It depends how MANY of these you want to look for. The penny is the big error/variety one, but they exist for the other denominations too.

2nd Area - Coins you shouldn't be seeing in circulation. That includes proof coins, the coins that weren't released into general circulation (like post 2001 Kennedy halves) and so forth. This is an "easy" list once you gain a bit of experience because you'll just "know" what they are.

3rd Area - Rare coins. That's anything you want. Some people think that means Jefferson nickels before 1962 or Wheat Cents or whatever. There you have to make up your own list.

I actually have a 4th area - anything that's more than a few years old and is in really pristine, AU shape, I keep.

NIFC = Not intended for circulation.

So only minted in mint sets etc..

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Lincoln Cents
1928S Large and small mint MM
1941S Large and small mint MM
1943D Double MM
1959 / D DD
1960 Large and small date
1960D Repunched MM
1961D Repunched MM
1963 / D DD. Also 3/low 3
1964 / D DD
1966 DD
1967 DDRev
1969S DD
1970S DD
1971 DD
1972 / DS DD. Nine Sisters
1980 DD
1982 DDObv
1983 DDObv
1984 / D DD. Double ear
1985D DD
1986 DD
1987D DD
1989 / D DD
1992D Wide AM Rev
1995 DDObv

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Magusxxx, just for clairification, when you say DD you mean Doubled Date correct? And when you say "1964 / D DD" you mean that the 1964 P and D both have possible double dates correct?