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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 664090, member: 3726&quot;]Well in this case I keep the Cherry Pickers guide right next to the computer.&nbsp; When searching coins on line for sale - I check the cherry pickers guide for varieties. Then in this case I knew what Rick Snow had for sale and what he had sold one for.&nbsp; So I bid about $50 dollars higher than what the typical 1882 ms-63 brown sold for - I got it for about 25 more than usual.&nbsp; As it was even Rick Snow questioned me on how I got it - evidently all the big auctions he attends.&nbsp; I believe this was the online only Sunday auction - who knows he maybe searching them now.&nbsp; I do the same thing for a lot of the busties(cents and halves) that I search - using different books to attribute the coins by.&nbsp; There are a lot of people doing this and scoring one is great.&nbsp; I believe toad got an NC(essentially so few of the variety they are non-collectable) large cent doing this - I believe he sold it for a good profit also.&nbsp; I guess the real key is research on the varieties and then searching and more searching.&nbsp; I have heard the 1858/7 Flying Eagle cent is one of the varieties dealers do not look real hard for - I hope to cherry pick one of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure how often these type cherry picks are available and some of the varieties require a demand.&nbsp; For example there are a lot of varieties of shield nickels, but demand is low - so even some of the dates that are proof only are still at acceptable prices(in my opinion).&nbsp; I mean the 1879/8 proof only coin has a potential of only 3200(total proofs for 1879) - yet you can still get them for $500 or more (depending on the grade).&nbsp; This coin is truly rare compared to the 1909 S VDB. So varieties and demand is what drives the price. All you can do is gain knowledge and do a whole lot of searching.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time I see people sell common die cracks on modern coinage on ebay - making a good profit.&nbsp; These are not worth extra-money in my opinion, but some of them are cool.&nbsp; Go figure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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