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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SorenCoins, post: 3611132, member: 73708&quot;]Yes the two are tricky to distinguish sometimes, but the more you see them the more you will learn to distinguish them. Just something that has to be kind of learned through observation. That&#039;s a large date IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry to hear about your loss. Pets are so hard to lose because you can just become so connected with them. My thoughts are with you.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;That&#039;s a really good way of thinking about it. Remembering someone through their coins and passing on his love of collecting. Sometimes I spend a lot more money than something&#039;s worth for that reason. Glad you seem to developing that passion at an early stage of collecting, very cool pickups!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the loupes, I use 10x ones. They are usually pretty inexpensive. Some use 16x or 5x, but if you use one of those I recommend also having a 10x, which is kind of a good intermediate, meaning it has more variability. Oh and yes! Those websites [USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] linked are <u><b>incredibly useful</b></u>, especially when it comes to finding and identifying error and variety coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some other useful sites:</p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com" rel="nofollow">www.lincolncentresource.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.coppercoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coppercoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.coppercoins.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.cuds-on-coins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cuds-on-coins.com" rel="nofollow">www.cuds-on-coins.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You might not need these or not need to use them yet, but it is useful to have them bookmarked until you do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy collecting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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