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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1047371, member: 24633&quot;]Not all errors or varieties are really worth the time and effort spent to find them unless you want to build as complete a set for one denomination as possible, but this can be a daunting task which requires a great deal of time just studying the resource materials to recognize them. And, not all of them are really worth the expense of having them authenticated and/or graded.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m not a collector of Lincoln cents, but several years ago, I was able to acquire 3 - $50 Mint bags (1974 x 2 &amp; 1980). I decided just for the heck of it to search the 1980 bag. I ended up finding 228 with a &quot;Clashed Y&quot;, but while I was sorting, I had to make separate piles of any and all die cracks, gouges, scratches, polishing marks, etc. because I&#039;d never know when one of them might be a PUP for something more important in a progression. It took me 4+ years to complete the entire bag because looking at so many small coins would quickly give me a headache. Was it worth it? Not really, but it was fun!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like Merlin said, try to concentrate on one denomination, but I wouldn&#039;t recommend that you try to memorize all of the varieties and their respective PUP&#039;s. It would take too much time to try to commit all of them to memory. When you happen to find one, study it and try to determine if it has any PUP&#039;s that will make it easier to find. When I searched that 1980 bag, I found that all of the &quot;Clashed Y&quot; specimens had two vertical die scratches on the reverse which made it much easier to identify those with the clash.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The important thing is to have fun. You never know when you might find one that is truly worth the effort.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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