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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tomfiggy, post: 2401733, member: 51884&quot;]The last major variety in pre 1990 coins was the 1982 DDR found several years back. Most of the new varieties are from 2009 + cents.</p><p>Here is the truth I finally came to: You don&#039;t get to pick what you find. You learn what is out there so you can recognize it when you do find it. I used to study every penny very closely. I thought like you do. I decided I was going to find an elusive 1973 variety. I never did but I gradually learned on here, and other places the difference between PMD, MD, and true doubled die&#039;s. Most of the doubled die variety coins have already been found. There are between 10 to 15 million people looking through Lincoln cents in America. I live on the West coast. We mainly have Denver mint coins, or old San Francisco mint coins in circulation. There aren&#039;t nearly as many errors from Denver as Philadelphia. This may sound blasphemous to you but I don&#039;t even look at any post 2004 Denver cents. I throw those out right away. I was lucky enough to find a 2011P doubled die in a roll so I still check the obverse, and reverse of Philly shield cents. You will find what the lord of the coins gives you (unless you don&#039;t recognize it as it goes by). Also: seek and ye shall find.</p><p>Those are the best words of wisdom I have for new members.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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