Anyone know anyone whom buys cent collections?
Cul8r
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JBK
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Are those all 1955 Doubled Dies? Or parking lot coins? Might make a difference.
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jmlanzaf
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We need a better photo...of the coins.
If those are BU wheat cents, that is very different than if those are BU 21st century Lincolns which would be very different than Indian cents or Large Cents.
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ricko
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There are likely several forum members who would be interested. However, not without extensive pictures and descriptive verbiage. Plus, list it on the BST. Cheers, RickO
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291fifth
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Cent collections of what? Keys and semi-keys ... easy sell. Minor "errors" and "varieties" ... good luck.
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JBK
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It sounds like you are scrutinizing the coins too closely for tiny anomalies. It is a thankless and frustrating job which is why most people here discourage it.
As for doubled dies, it mainly gets confusing and frustrating if you are looking at every single cent to see if it has doubling.
There are relatively few known Lincoln cent doubled dies. Make a list of those dates and mintmarks and only scrutinize cents that match the list. If you think you see doubling, compare to photos of the known DD on the internet. If it matches exactly then you found one.
The process is pretty painless if you stick to certain parameters. Eyeball every coin for an obvious error, and only scrutinize specific dates/mm if there are known varieties worth looking for.
That's my opinion, anyway.
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DisneyFan
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We can easily be fooled by machine doubling. I have been. In terms of doubled dies, there needs to be a clear separation of serifs (or split) serifs on the letters. The letters can not appear to be echo or ghost like.
Can I refer you to:
https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5688/Double-Dies-vs-Machine-Doubling/
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OK thx fellas
And flatten those staples!!!
OK thx fellas
I should have given more details then just cents I see now that it was a very vague question. They are modern cents from the teens to current but mostly 40s thru 70s and they are mostly mm errors and lamination errors lots of cents with doubling on them but not sure if any are true dd or not as I don't have a handle on exactly what I'm looking for after years of staring at pics and actual dd"s I still can't seem to pin down what is and isn't true doubling. I have bunches of cents that look exactly like what I see on line or on pcgs website but everytime I post I'm told its mechanical or machine doubling so I guess I won't ever know or be able to tell the difference. I probably have maybe 5000 cents all told all separated by year and mint. From the teens to 2009 I never really got into the new shield cents just the memorial and wheat backs. What I'd really like is to have someone I could sit down with and we could go thru what I have in the 2 binders I have and they could tell me yes this is this or no this isn't that and I might be more inclined to continue collecting but at this point I'm just tired of looking at them and not finding much of anything and honestly I just have to much else to do and it consumes up way to much of my time that would be better spent doing things that need to be done. I have my cent books ill keep but just looking to offload the whole kit and kaboodle to concentrate on more important things going on in my life. So that's what it is in a nutshell I guess. Thanks for all the info fellas I appreciate it.
I'm in central texas
I would add "of more than minimal value to collectors" as in
Prior posts have basically given you the answers... even if you aren't being fooled by Mechanical Doubling (and most of us frequently are), you've spent more on the 2x2s, staples, album pages, and binder than they're worth.
If you need another opinion, there are three or four shows before things quiet down until fall... TNA, Houston, and Grapevine. There is a smaller show in Austin.
http://coinzip.com/index.php?state=TX
If you show up Friday early afternoon when things calm down, you might find a dealer willing to share the facts of life.
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Create list of dates/mintmarks that might possibly have value.
Eliminate any coin that is not included in that list
Considering one date/mintmark at a time, separate groups that look exactly like each other
If any date has several groups that do not look like each other, compare each group to the pictures
Use that practice to compare the rest of the coins to the pictures
Remember that the odds are vanishingly small that you will find something worth more than a few cents. The valuable items are worth more BECAUSE they are so hard to find!
Practice at http://varietyvista.com/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/DDO 1972.htm until you can tell why each picture is different. Take a 1972 1c that you have. Can you confidently match yours to at most one of those pictures -- or confidently say that yours does not match any of them?
When I see pages like this I lose all faith that I am going to find anything cool in the change I go through. I am however able to wrap all of the normal stuff and it adds up.
There are good or even great coins to be occassionally found in circulation.
However, the key is to not waste time.
As I like to say, if you want to find interesting coins, look at more coins, don't look at your coins more closely.
I can search a roll of cents in less than a minute, while setting aside certain dates with known varieties for later scrutiny.
I look for major errors, wheaties, and the dates/mm with potential known varieties. It is a fast and painless process.
However, the key is to not waste time.
...or the time of others. We have a few regular pests who go through change and EVERYTHING they see has an error, doubling, etc. and they want to pull them out one at a time to show me. Most all are either parking lot specials or just normal coins. Tried to educate them on diagnostics, sites, guides etc. but I guess it's easier to just go to the LCS and ask the same questions they asked the last 20 times that I've already answered.
Sigh.
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@JBK So I am probably spending to much time looking at each coin. I look at my Redbook but it doesn't always seem to list varieties that are in my CPG. An the CPG doesn't include nickels or small cents. If I go online, to try and find a list of dates I should look for, all you get are sites telling you about the five unicorn dates. I cannot figure out how to limit my date search by denomination.
I have been wondering the same thing about my coins. I also wanted to know if there was anyway since I am new, someone could tell me how to upload pictures to these conversations. thank you
When your "Role" changes from Applicant to Member you'll be able to post photos.
Until then, if you can host the photos elsewhere you can post the link here.
Sure it does.
If you have a version that says “volume 2” on the cover, that's a pretty strong clue that a “volume 1” exists also...
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Sometimes if there is a photo on another website, then you might be able to post it. Some locations work and others do not. The process:
Go to the location where the photo is and then copy the Image Address.
At the comment box (here) use the top far right drop down box, Image URL, and paste the image address.
Hit Enter.
If it loads it into the large comment box (a line of text), then it has probably worked. Can check with Preview.
If it does nothing, then it probably will not work from that location. Note: I have been told that it could also be image format.
I can load photos from some locations consistently but not others and some are hit and miss.
Otherwise like JBK said, post the link to the photo hosting site.
I did not find a way to post a photo from the laptop.
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Thank you guys for answering me. I so appreciate it. You all have been very helpful.