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New Member
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I'm searching rolls for pennys, and the first book that I bought was "Strike it rich with pocket change" .. I found this book to be fascinating.. I then found the "official guide to Lincoln Cents" which had some varieties listed that the other book didn't. I then found that some others were using the CherryPickers Guide 5th edition volume 1.. curiosity got me, and I went to Barnes and Noble and checked out the CherryPickers Guide.. I found some varieties that werent listed in the other 2 books.. so , I walked out with the CherryPickers Guide as well..I have an upcoming road trip and I needed some great reading material, so I'm glad I have all 3 books. I'm wondering what everyone else predominately uses for searching for varieties? thanks for any info...all the people on this website have been outstanding at helping out new collectors such as myself, and it's been a real turn on to your hobby. I came from the trading card world and newbies arent really welcomed very well in sports cards, this is an entirely different feel, and a breath of fresh air! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It really depends on what series you are looking at. For moderns in general the CherryPickers Guide is good but there tend to be specific books for each series. For Lincolns, Looking Through Lincoln Cents. Jeffersons possibly The Jefferson nickel Analysis. I don't know of a book for Roosevelts. There is books for Washington quarters, Kennedy halves, and Ike dollars. There are some very specialized books for the nineteenth century series such as the VAM book for dollars, Overton for early halves, Jerry Fortin has an excellent online book on the varieties of the Seated dimes etc. Then there are specialized books on Repunched mintmarks, repunched dates, misplaced dates etc. |
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As far as lincoln cents go most books are incomplete, from what I've learned here. There is a ton of info here just use the search tool. There are a few web sites that have alot of info on varieties and one of the most complete sites is by a CCF member. I'm not up on forum rules with regards to site links but I sure someone will answer with more info soon.
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New Member
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if you can PM me that link, that would be great..
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Valued Member
United States
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There is no email link in your profile.
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02/23/2011 11:29 am
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Valued Member
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You might need 50 posts to have private message enabled?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Try to find coin shows in your area. At many there are dealers that sell coin books. At one I go to a dealer has several tables full of coin books. Coin books are becoming as common as the coins they are mentioning. I used to laugh at how someday there will be a book on coin books but then I found out that Whitman now has a book about the Red Book. Anyome out there with nothing to do might want to jump in on this latest craze of writting books on coin books. Then too we could have a book on all flips like 2x2's, etc. A book on the different types of tables used at coin shows. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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carl-- a book on bowls or coffee cans to put coins in
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those books are great for a "rule of thumb". The biggest knowledge to get from them is what is not "normal".
But, you should check every coin for anything out of the ordinary and not stick to a "list". That's how new discoveries are made, and there are plenty out there still waiting to be discovered.
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Anyome out there with nothing to do might want to jump in on this latest craze of writting books on coin books. Then too we could have a book on all flips like 2x2's, etc. A book on the different types of tables used at coin shows. Why do I think someone is poking fun at me.   Edited by Conder101
02/23/2011 6:53 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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if you can PM me that link, that would be great.. I think the CCF member they were talking is coppercoins and if you put a .com behind his nick you will find his website, its coppercoins.com and has just about every Lincoln Cent variety that has been found to date and is broken down by date and mint mark |
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Pillar of the Community
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In addition coppercoins' site is a great resource  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Biggest thing to remember is not to use a "list" to search coins. KNOW what attributes make up a die variety and search EVERYTHING. Only use the list once you've FOUND something so you can identify it.
Only searching what you can find in a book or on a list is cutting your possibilities way short...and I can tell you as the author of one such book, they were not written for the purpose of having you use them as an all-inclusive list of what's out there. Their intent is to give you ideas of what's valuable so you'll know more or less what pick-up points and attributes to look for while searching.
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