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Valued Member
United States
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I was in Yucca Valley two days ago on a road trip with my son to Joshua Tree. Got a 2010D in change. I must admit that I kind of like it. Especially, the brushed look of the odd stripes on the shield.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
I have only been collecting for about 6-8 months, and I started with my coin jar (which had a lot). I spent the majority of this time so far reading and learning as much as possible while looking through the coins.
The first time through I looked for the "obvious" stuff, and sorted the rest by denomination and year. Once I learned a little bit more, I went back through them and found some coins that I wouldn't have even considered keeping the first time. I was throwing nice die cracks, clashes, etc. away because I thought they were junk! Luckily, I didn't throw them away, just in the pile to come back to again, because I figured that is exactly what would happen.
So, the other day I went into my bank and picked up my first box ever. I have only gone through about 5 rolls in 2 nights. I must be looking at these coins a little too close and spending too much time on them. I also only have a couple/few hours a night to look, too. I don't know how I could go through an entire box in 1 weekend! But, unlike Roosies and Jeffersons (no offense), I thoroughly enjoy looking at Lincolns and maybe that's why I study them so close. I'm also in what I consider "discovery" mode and maybe one day I will be able to plow through them once I've memorized what to look for.
Anyway, as soon as I finish this box, hopefully I will have some goodies to share.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Scooby - It all depends on what you're looking for. I'm not a big MM varity collector, so I move fast. Most coins are quickly discarded if they don't meet my certain criteria. Only the coins that fit what I'm looking for even get a look with my 4x mag and it's very rare that I pull out the 10x mag. That lets me seach much faster.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
MM's haven't really caught on with me either. I look for the obvious ones, but if I have to spend several minutes on it trying to figure out if it is one, I get bored.
What kind of criteria do you use? Maybe it will help me to weed out some coins I'm spending too much time on.
The only criteria I have right now is, if it's crusty or looks like it's been pulled from a garbage disposal, I toss it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
781 Posts |
it usually takes me about 3 hours or so to go through a box. I pull the wheats (of course), the coppers and while I'm pulling coppers, I'm checking for whatever dates I might need to fill holes in my book. and then I put aside all the WAM, CAM years, which aren't many as I'm in CA. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:it usually takes me about 3 hours or so to go through a box. I pull the wheats (of course), the coppers and while I'm pulling coppers, I'm checking for whatever dates I might need to fill holes in my book. and then I put aside all the WAM, CAM years, which aren't many as I'm in CA. 3 hours a box! I'm waaaaaay behind schedule! Why do you set aside the WAM/CAM years? If you've determined that they're not WAM/CAM, is there another reason to hang on to them? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
One more thing, I have now gone through 10-12 rolls and have only found about 40 coppers, is this a normal ratio?
Is it because pre-82's really are being hoarded, or just because they are now 28+ years and have just been collected from circulation? Or have I just run into one of those streaks that are bound to happen?
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Valued Member
India
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there was this one tie that I got a bag of lincolns it was my first bag and it sure was my last bag. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
781 Posts |
i set them aside to go through them at the end. I usually only pull 10-15 philly mints. once I determine they're not WAM CAM they go right back into my discard pile. 40 coppers in 10 rolls sounds about just under average. it'll probably balance out once you go through more of the box. I once had a box that was 88% copper. it had 2200 coppers out of the 2500 coins in the box, and that's not counting the 35 wheats that I pulled out of it. then again, you may just have one of those boxes that are light in the copper, I've had those too. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Posted this a while back in the variety section and Scooby Due was kind enough to identify it for me. Have since been through the rest of the bag and found another 17 of them. which would lead me to believe that they are fairly common or am I just lucky? 1959D-1MM-026   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
nohope587, I'd say both! I would guess they are somewhat common, but you got lucky in the fact that you just sometimes get a run! Imagine if you had bought a roll from the mint that just peeled off some DDO's! I would keep a couple/few of the nicer ones for my collection, sell the rest for a couple bucks each, and then send one to me! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5953 Posts |
Remind me when you see I am back from Brazil in a few weeks and I'll mail you one you deserve it for finding the variety for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
That's very kind, I was only kidding - I didn't do anything you couldn't have done by checking the coppercoins website. I wasn't even sure if that was it, I was just guessing based on a couple of the markers I THOUGHT looked close. I was just trying to point you in the right direction.
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New Member
United States
35 Posts |
I found Twins! Can't find this die. Anyone know?  |
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New Member
United States
35 Posts |
Thad, I think I just found the brother of the cent you used to start the thread with. I know, I'm posting a lot of pictures...but I'm just starting out and this is fun...lol   |
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