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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 77018, member: 1242&quot;]Bill,</p><p><br /></p><p>Searching large quantities of Wheat and Memorial Cents can be tedious but also can be rewarding! I search thousands of Wheat pennines each week and I usually find plenty of nice dates that are worth a slight premium as well as quite a few errors. In the last two week alone, I have searched some 4,500 Wheat Cents and have found about 60 coins with RPM Errors, Strike Through Errors, Lamination Errors and some that have minor doubling including a bunch of 1953-P and 1955-P Poor Man&#039;s Double Dies. Although I have not found any Key Dates, I have also found about 300 harder to find early dates and even Semi-Key Dates (from 1909 to 1940) that always bring a higher premium. Searching Memorial Cents can also have it&#039;s rewards since there were tons of coins produced from 1959 through present day with large and small cuds, significant Die cracks, RPM errors, Off-Center Strikes, Double Struck errors, Die Clash errors, Machine doubling and even Doubled Die doubling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like SCnuss said, sort the coins out first separating the Wheat cents from the Memorial Cents. You can then sort each type by known dates of Error, Variety,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Semi-Key and Key Dates. Do as much of the sorting by eye if possible and save the tedious work of Error and Variety searching to your engraving microscope or Gem Loupes.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a lot to learn from searching Wheat and Memorial cents which can be used to an advantage in searching other denominations of coins. I have to so all of the sorting and searching by myself but if your wife is willing to help you out, then it can be more fun, educational and rewarding for both of you! Well I better go for now, as you have approximately 21,100 (give or take a 100 or so) coins to start searching!</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck and happy searching!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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