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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2601158, member: 73983&quot;]The biggest thing is to find a series that interests you.&nbsp; Cherrypicking is strictly about learning.&nbsp; If you pick a series that has little interest for you, you won&#039;t find it enjoyable.&nbsp; There are lots of series with lots of varieties to search for.&nbsp; Some of my favorites are Mercury Dimes, Washington Quarters and Walking Liberty Half Dollars.&nbsp; Walking Liberty Half Dollars don&#039;t have very many notable varieties that carry decent premiums, but there are some.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cherrypicking doesn&#039;t only mean varieties or errors.&nbsp; Honing your grading skills, especially in the MS end of some common series can give you pretty decent rewards.&nbsp; Being able to spot a Washington Quarter that could grade as an MS-67 in a MS-65 or MS-66 holder or even one being sold raw can be very nice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=73165]@Paul M.[/USER] said, it&#039;s about knowing more about a coin than the seller.&nbsp; Knowledge will reward you more often than luck, but luck can give you the biggest reward.&nbsp; By luck I mean being in the right place at the right time with the knowledge to inform yourself of what you are looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>A word of warning, variety hunting which is the same as VAM&#039;ing will become very addicting.&nbsp; So have fun, we are here to support you and help confirm for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a couple more sites to help you along your way.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html</a></p><p><a href="http://varietyvista.com/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://varietyvista.com/index.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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