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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 18835819, member: 19250"]Not all people are good cherry pickers...it is a skill training eyes,brain,memory,and most of all passion for the hunt..</p><p>Don't misunderstand the CPG was a great book for the picker, error,variety collector.</p><p>However its does have errors in print, its out of date, and there's hundreds of web sites on collecting as well most all series. As far as knocking it not being worthwhile venture? Well it isn't a skill mastered by all.... nor is being a top notch musician. Yet there is money there to be made....in the last ten days Ive picked 3 coins ...1 dime pd $32 value at $375. A us 3 cent silver value retail at $275. Last auction for this variety closed on Heritage in 2020 @ $760.00 more than double its retail value, and lastly a US lg cent Paid $36 value $275. </p><p>True these are retail values however for my layout of <$175 and easy double my money on two coins,and a third coin depending on if it goes to auction a proven sale 3 years ago of $775.00 could be above this figure or below true. But when you pick a R 6,7 -8 coin you're in high cotton![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 18835819, member: 19250"]Not all people are good cherry pickers...it is a skill training eyes,brain,memory,and most of all passion for the hunt.. Don't misunderstand the CPG was a great book for the picker, error,variety collector. However its does have errors in print, its out of date, and there's hundreds of web sites on collecting as well most all series. As far as knocking it not being worthwhile venture? Well it isn't a skill mastered by all.... nor is being a top notch musician. Yet there is money there to be made....in the last ten days Ive picked 3 coins ...1 dime pd $32 value at $375. A us 3 cent silver value retail at $275. Last auction for this variety closed on Heritage in 2020 @ $760.00 more than double its retail value, and lastly a US lg cent Paid $36 value $275. True these are retail values however for my layout of <$175 and easy double my money on two coins,and a third coin depending on if it goes to auction a proven sale 3 years ago of $775.00 could be above this figure or below true. But when you pick a R 6,7 -8 coin you're in high cotton![/QUOTE]
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