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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 500153, member: 16510&quot;]<b>You really need a CPG.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>You really need a Cherry Pickers Guild, not only to know what to look for but, to better understand how the varieities happen.</p><p>I can&#039;t see very well your photos and they look very circ. condition.&nbsp; Sometimes it is very hard to determine a RPM or OMM when worn out so much.&nbsp; Not only are there no die markers left but any type of hit or scape can take on the form of a doubled mint mark.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The number one mistake new variety collector have is that they find a coin that sort of looks like a D/D or whatever and think it is that die.&nbsp; The variety has to look exactly like the known RPM or whatever to be that coin, not just sort of like.&nbsp; Variety collectors not only want high grade they want more than almost anything an &quot;early die state&quot;.</p><p>That and firmly knowing the difference between a true doubled die and other forms of doubling - so many are just mechanical doubling that mimics a true doubled die.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ben Peters[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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