Method For Cherrypicking

Hello all,

I recently purchased a 1000 Wheat Cents from one of our great forum members. I have the pleasure to be able to search through these while I am at work. I have the "Cherry-pickers" guide to rare die varieties - fourth addition - Volume one. I have my trusty old magnifying glass.

Here is the way I am doing it now:

I wrote down all the dates from the book to pull aside to check and I am also trying to keep a record of what dates and how many of each I received in this 1000 penny lot.

I have an Excel spread sheet open to catalog the date, mint mark, and how many of each (I am not marking the grade because I am not that good at grading yet)

For now, I have zip-lock baggies to separate all the 1900's, 10's 20's, 30's, 40's, and 50's

I take one out of the bag...look at the date and mint. If it is one of the dates listed in my book, I take a look at the page from the "cherry-pickers" book and read about it, then look at it through my magnifying glass.

I have 2x2's to put the good finds or questionable finds in for later.

I wish I could have brought my QX5 Microscope to work for some of these small errors.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated