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I have been doing more variety hunting from coin rolls lately and I didn't find any varieties, i.e. listings in the Cherrypicker's Guide, in $25 of pennies. How common should I expect these to be, should I use other resources too, and is this really a good way to find varieties?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Out of the 16 $25 boxes of pennies I have looked through this year, I have only found 5 cherrypickers' varieties. With my odds, 1 in 3 boxes have a cherrpickers' variety. If you look for minor varieties not listed in cherrpickers' guide that are listed on doubleddie.com, coppercoins.com, or varietyvista.com, you may find 5-10 per box.
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Edited by Crazyb0
07/25/2017 11:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I can't speak of the Cherrypicker's Guide because I don't own one (hmmm...I should probably look into that  ). There are many websites mentioned here daily with a lot of useful, catalogued information: varietyvista.com cuds-on-coins.com doubleddie.com coppercoins.com lincolncentsonline.com Etc... Edit: as already mentioned above. I knew it was taking me too long to type that!  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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07/25/2017 11:36 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Every die that strikes a coin is a variety of that die. The difference in variety may be so slight in most cases, as to be near undetectable. No extra demand for extremely minor die variations to the original design. A die variety becomes interesting when there is some significant difference from what is considered standard or normal. In these circumstances, they also become more valuable, due to demand for those interesting varieties. Sometimes, it may be hard to determine if a coin is the product of a die variety or is, in fact, an error. Varieties are the products of die varieties, and as such, may have little or great variation from normal. Errors may be due to planchet error or Die Deterioration. Sometimes only a few coins may be struck off a particular die, sometimes it may be a lot. What is the maximum number of coins that can be struck off a single die variety before it is considered to be worn out? I will leave it to others to answer this question; perhaps it has already been answered in another thread. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Glad the odds are so low as it makes me feel better about not finding anything from my CPG! Also, thanks for posting the variety websites. Didn't know there were so many different ones out there.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Errers and Varietys.
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07/26/2017 2:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Benja, you should always keep your eye out for this one. ^^^^^^
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you shotgung. :)
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1-1,100 odds for this one :) , found it today  |
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