MD? Very Worn So Can't Tell?

1. Just because you are unaware of them doesn't make them non-existent. I have 136 Wheat cent doubled die reverses listed on my site, and I know I'm nowhere near close to 'finished.'

2. I agree with wasting your time looking on very worn coins...but I don't see how anyone can tell how much wear is on that coin by the images alone.

3. The CherryPickers' Guide lists about 5% of all the doubled dies that are known...so it's a bad example to use to 'brush up on which dates are already known to have doubling.'

4. Furthermore, it's not good to tell people to only look for what's known - they'll never discover anything new that way. All die varieties were discovered at one time, and it wasn't by people who only look in certain places for what's "known".

5. There's no way anyone can tell whether there is doubling on that coin based on the images provided.

Thnks, I have a list of known coin years that I use when sorting through coins, but I breifly go over every coin, just in case. I know the ones in poor shape are worthless, but to a newb it would still be exciting to find something regardless of value. I just ordered a microscope with camera, so hopefully this will help me some and I can quit posting horrible pics in hope that you guys see something I am not, lol

While I totally agree, I also think it is great for a novice to start with known varieties. With known varieties there is usually a wealth of information to properly ID them. I also think that once you find some of the more common known varieties, you get a little better at knowing what to look for. Before I found first RPM, I thought EVERYTHING was re-punched.