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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 708066, member: 16510"]<b>You will either have to narrow it down or decide for</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>You will either have to narrow it down or decide for yourself - when you say "major" that could be as different as night and day to most folks.</p><p>Certainly there are Top 50 and Top 100 but "major Lincoln cent varieties?? Who knows? I mean is major only 1972-P die #1 - what about die #4?</p><p>Attributors have Top varieties but what about the ones left out? What about the classics? What about ones that there are only 1 or 2 examples of such as the "ones you are not going to find", such as 74 Aluminum or 58-P DDO.</p><p>What I am trying to say is make your own list the way you want it to be, include well known ones if you want but make the project yours.</p><p>Lists are a combination of, popularity, availibility, value, strenth of doubling, and most important, "what catches on with the public" more than anything else. ( A good example is 1959 DDO -001, EDS is just about as nice as 1980-P DDO-001 but only commnds a fraction of the 1980's price. There are far fewer know 1959's than 1980's but it does not matter). Any list prepared by a known attributor will leave out and or include coins that some may find lacking or dissagree with.</p><p>You be the boss.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 708066, member: 16510"][b]You will either have to narrow it down or decide for[/b] You will either have to narrow it down or decide for yourself - when you say "major" that could be as different as night and day to most folks. Certainly there are Top 50 and Top 100 but "major Lincoln cent varieties?? Who knows? I mean is major only 1972-P die #1 - what about die #4? Attributors have Top varieties but what about the ones left out? What about the classics? What about ones that there are only 1 or 2 examples of such as the "ones you are not going to find", such as 74 Aluminum or 58-P DDO. What I am trying to say is make your own list the way you want it to be, include well known ones if you want but make the project yours. Lists are a combination of, popularity, availibility, value, strenth of doubling, and most important, "what catches on with the public" more than anything else. ( A good example is 1959 DDO -001, EDS is just about as nice as 1980-P DDO-001 but only commnds a fraction of the 1980's price. There are far fewer know 1959's than 1980's but it does not matter). Any list prepared by a known attributor will leave out and or include coins that some may find lacking or dissagree with. You be the boss.[/QUOTE]
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