Cherrypicker's, Vol. 2 has produced results!!!!!!!!!!! What do you think of these newly found cherri
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I have been reading the new Cherrypickers and looking through some of my stash for varieties.
Thus far I have found:
1. The 1834 Capped Bust Quarter variety listed in the book (it sits in my 7070 Type Set);
2. From a roll of MS 1958 P quarters I bought a few years ago for $60.00, 35 out of the 40 coins in the roll are the Type B variety listed in the book (listed at a value of $100.00 per coin in MS 63); and
3. Three 1964 D Kennedy halves with repunched mint marks.
Not bad results so far.
Has anyone else had any luck with the new book?
Thus far I have found:
1. The 1834 Capped Bust Quarter variety listed in the book (it sits in my 7070 Type Set);
2. From a roll of MS 1958 P quarters I bought a few years ago for $60.00, 35 out of the 40 coins in the roll are the Type B variety listed in the book (listed at a value of $100.00 per coin in MS 63); and
3. Three 1964 D Kennedy halves with repunched mint marks.
Not bad results so far.
Has anyone else had any luck with the new book?
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<< <i>better question would be "Has JT got off his azz and shipped mine which was paid for on 8-3-2003"? >>
What pontiacinf said, but mine was paid for in 2004. Still hard to believe that someone who pre-ordered and PAID 2 or 3 years in advance didn't get their book 1st!
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Regardless of value, it is still fun to look through your stuff and find something that you were not aware of before. The 1834 quarter is the coolest variety I have ever found. As far as the 1958 P quarters go, since I only have experience with this one roll and since 35 out of 40 were the supposedly "rare" Type B, I have no clue if it is rare at all (maybe if I get 5 more rolls of these quarters I will find the same percentages).
As far as the preorder fiasco for this book goes, it is clearly an unfortunate situation and many hard feelings have arisen. However, it will hopefully get straightened out and everyone can put the book to good use.
If it does not work out, I would buy a second book at a show (so you get it in hand) and write off the purchase price paid for the preorder. I would still be upset at the entire fiasco but would put it behind me.
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I agree....it's all about fun and the thrill of the hunt!
<< <i>congrats but his prices on varieties seemed completely out of touch on most of them. >>
With any esoteric coin the balance between supply and demand can be difficult to establish.
There are increasing numbers of people who will be looking for these with the publication of
the book and there will be increasing numbers collecting them.
It will take time for meaningful values to be established.
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I'm waiting on my prepaid copy also.
Dave
<< <i>I looked at the first page of the book and noted the 1834 "3 over inverted 3" capped bust half dime was listed. The two die marriages with this characteristic are rated as R-2 and R-3 by the authoritative text on bust half dimes. Half dimes from 1834 are just not rare. So I stopped reading the book at that point and put it back on the display table. >>
I fail to see what the problem is. The cherrypickers guide is simply a list of varieties, especially popular varieties. But not just rare varieties. It also lists a lot of common ones as well. It is also not a comprehensive listing of varieties, Unless they thied to pass the inverted 3 off as a rare variety or neglected to indicate that there were two varieties of inverted 3 I don't see a problem.
<< <i>Regardless of value, it is still fun to look through your stuff and find something that you were not aware of before. >>
No doubt about it! And even though some of the valuations are a bit optomistic, I have profited nicely with the knowledge from previous CP's guides.
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<< <i>I looked at the first page of the book and noted the 1834 "3 over inverted 3" capped bust half dime was listed. The two die marriages with this characteristic are rated as R-2 and R-3 by the authoritative text on bust half dimes. Half dimes from 1834 are just not rare. So I stopped reading the book at that point and put it back on the display table. >>
I fail to see what the problem is. The cherrypickers guide is simply a list of varieties, especially popular varieties. But not just rare varieties. It also lists a lot of common ones as well. It is also not a comprehensive listing of varieties, Unless they thied to pass the inverted 3 off as a rare variety or neglected to indicate that there were two varieties of inverted 3 I don't see a problem. >>
the book is top notch no doubt, at least the first one was.
ive yet to see the other as has been already discussed
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I looked at the book in a little more detail. On pg. xxiv. a discssion of the Bowers' Universal Rarity Scale (URS) is given along with a table of the URS numbers and the corresponding number of how many of the coins assigned the given URS number are known.
For the 1958 P Type B reverse Washington Quarter the book assigns it a "URS 4" rating. A URS 4 means 5-8 of these coins are known.
Well I guess the URS 4 number given for this coin is now outdated since in the roll I mentioned I found 35 out of the 40 coins to have the Type B reverse. Interesting. With the coins in my roll, the URS should change to URS 7 (33 to 64 known).