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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 3010864, member: 19250&quot;]To find what you&#039;re looking for one must&nbsp; hunt each show....pretty much forget searching any dealers binders. Look for stacked 2x2&#039;s in the dealers case.</p><p>Most of these will be common dates 57,58, 54 of course examime the 58 for the in verted date. The coins in binders for the most part are roached out. Damaged etc... remember there are 6 obv.s and 3 types of reverses between 1837 and 1873.</p><p>Next mint marks buy them....!&nbsp; These were minted in Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco.&nbsp; If theres a toss up between an O and a Philly coin go for the o. Same for the S. Look at mintages&nbsp; know your key dates. </p><p>And remember 2 out of the 4 coins above are detailed coins! Correct won&#039;t grade however in the last 10 years of hunting these I have not found a 1838 small star peroid...more or less one with meat on the bone..</p><p>I have ssen other here buy coppers just about void of any details and have asked myself why? Collecting&nbsp; H/10&#039;s I am begining to understand why.....mintages and survivors....1862 mintage 1,492,000 1 year later 1863 18,000!</p><p>1866 10,000, 1867 8000.</p><p>To believe that I am going to finish my collection ,plus varieties, in a average grade of vf or better then I would also&nbsp; believe that there&#039;s an Easter Bunny! </p><p>I have walked away from low mintages in the past&nbsp; because I didn&#039;t want to go down the damaged rabbit hole.... I don&#039;t just settle for anything but do consult my notes as to when , where, and price and grade&nbsp; the last 1865 I saw was over 2 yeRs ago at the Gettysburg show it was roached and asking price was $250! Mintage 13,000! So that said... one needs to weight the decision process and choose hopefully correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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