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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3781240, member: 59737&quot;]+1 many of my older posts, and even some of my current posts are me demonstrating my ignorance on a subject that others here know better about.&nbsp; The important thing is to soak up what you learn and invest the time to build your knowledge base.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been at this for a few years and I still don&#039;t feel comfortable with some of those varieties.&nbsp; Start smaller and learn the basics of errors/varieties before you start checking every coin you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want some simple things to search while you learn, I recommend starting with Lincoln cents.&nbsp; There&#039;s some easy pickings out there: </p><p>WAM varieties: <a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html</a></p><p>DDOs: <a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doubledies/doubledies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doubledies/doubledies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doubledies/doubledies.html</a></p><p>I&#039;ve personally found a few WAMs and 2-3 1995 DDOs, but I&#039;ve gone through thousands, if not tens of thousands of cents doing that.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never found a doubled ear or DDRs, but they&#039;re out there, too.</p><p>Die cracks (they don&#039;t have to be rim to rim to be a crack): <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-crack-rim-to-rim/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-crack-rim-to-rim/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/die-crack-rim-to-rim/</a></p><p>Cuds: <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/cuds/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/cuds/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/cuds/</a></p><p>Rotated die: <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/die_rotation_error__dynamic_/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/die_rotation_error__dynamic_/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/die_rotation_error__dynamic_/</a></p><p>Delamination/lamination error: <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/lamination-cracks/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/lamination-cracks/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/lamination-cracks/</a></p><p>Die chips: <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-chips/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/die-chips/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/die-chips/</a></p><p>Curved clips: <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/_curved_clips_/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/_curved_clips_/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/_curved_clips_/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Suggestions: sort coins by year and pull out the important ones (DDO/DDR and WAM variety years).&nbsp; Give the rest of the coins a quick once over for die cracks, delamination, cuds, etc, and then take a 10x loupe to the ones you set aside, giving them special attention.&nbsp; Keep your resource open with the photos on what to look for and look at all the same year/mint mark one after another.&nbsp; Once you&#039;ve looked at 50x 2000 CAMs, you&#039;ll easily identify a 2000 WAM, because it will look different.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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