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Pillar of the Community
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Just curious to she what you all use to spot the die cracks and variants in the coin. I don't think my eyes are good enough to do it plain sight.
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Pillar of the Community
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Varying magnifying lenses, jewelers loupes, some use microscopes.
I always carry an inexpensive plastic 10X loupe with me.
Works fine. Have had it for years. Leave one in you car or truck
in case you run into some coins out on the road.
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Well I always run into coins on the road. I drive Cab so I see tons of coins a week. I have the light/magnfying glass on my desk here as I use it to help inspect the coins I'm currious about.
Also any place to find the dates to look for on such?
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Pillar of the Community
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You would be much better off not to waste your time with die cracks - honestly. They have little to no collector following and by and large are common and worthless.
Learn what doubled dies and repunched mintmarks are and look for those. Learn the tougher varieties of coins and look for those. Learn what the better errors are and look for those.
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Well I have been studying your site coppercoins. Was wondering about info on other coinage also
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Hi,
At the bottom of each of my posts, there are links. On one of them is Ask About Coins, I have newsletters for roll searchers. Check the August version , it has pictures of some of the lenses I use.
PS: Check the rest of them if you want to:-)
Thanks,
Bill
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If you're looking through a bunch of cents, I would recommend taking some time to crawl through each different date on my site to get a good idea of what people look for that actually has some value and collector following. For the most part it's going to be one of two things:
1. Doubling caused on the die by the mint. (Doubled dies or repunched mintmarks).
2. Errors that are obvious and have collector following.
These are two completely different areas - I cover #1 with my site.
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Hi, One of the greatest assets to the collecting community is the unbelievable number of excellent pictures and IDs on Chuck's Coppercoins site. That site is a goldmine of information. Every collector of Lincoln Cent die varieties should use that site like an encyclopedia! Thanks for your work Chuck! Bill |
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Pillar of the Community
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Well as I start to read it looks as many hours of study have went in on that stie and the knowledge there of. I don't think I have what it takes at the moment to look for varieties. Not gonna be able to pull off spending the money on a decent magnifier. Better half told me to go get glasses lol.
I'll see what I can catch with naked eye and them ask for one for christmas.
And Charles and Bill thank you both for your sites they are a wonderfull asset to the coin collectiong world.
Grady
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Grady - No offense intended here, but a beginner's 16X loupe is under $10. You can spend that much in gas making a wrong turn. I can remember when my monthly budget for coins was $50, so spending it on supplies and books always hurt, but I can tell you that it's well worth the investment to do it at least half-way right. Get a loupe, you'll be glad you did.
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Don't be sorry, follow coppercoins' advise and get a good glass.
Of course, also buy those glasses.
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