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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2587717, member: 13307&quot;]The coin shops I frequent are well aware that I am looking for varieties, toners, and higher grade coins in their &quot;junk silver&quot; bucket. I also pulled three circulated Type B Reverse Washington Quarters from their quarter bucket, and told them so as I did it.&nbsp; I also looked through a bucket of Mercury Dimes for them - if I had found a 1916 D, I&#039;d have told them.&nbsp; That&#039;s the deal.&nbsp; I find key dates for them (and others) all the time and inform them.</p><p><br /></p><p>My most recent find was an 1877 IHC from a bag of low grade Indian Head cents, which I immediately told the owner about (and the owner had me consign to eBay.) Anyone here who has consigned coins with me knows that I will inform them of any worthwhile varieties I find in their coins, and will use that information to try to get them more money when I sell them.&nbsp; THAT, my friend, is why I get to look through the buckets in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have taken the time to educate myself on major and minor varieties on a number of different series of US coins.&nbsp; If a coin shop does not care about varieties, and knows I am looking for them, no one was taken advantage of.&nbsp; They bought the coins from someone for less than melt and sold them to me for a profit.&nbsp; And now they know that the remaining coins in those buckets are JUST 90%.&nbsp; If anything, I helped them by making a purchase and by sorting through 5 buckets of silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>By taking pictures of the coins I find and sharing them on a free online forum, I am helping to educate other collectors while increasing interest in the hobby.&nbsp; Maybe someone else who wasn&#039;t interested in die varieties will see these two and will start reading the Cherrypickers Guide like I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: One final thought: no one is bragging.&nbsp; I am sharing (in an informative way) and being excited for saving a small handful of varieties from the refiner&#039;s bucket.&nbsp; That is happiness; that is joy.&nbsp; Bragging is something completely different.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, whether I&#039;m pathetic or not, that&#039;s an entirely different discussion.&nbsp; On certain criteria (like my non-existent dating life...because I always seem to be playing with coins instead) I think I&#039;m absolutely pathetic.&nbsp; Ha!&nbsp; But when it comes to cherrypicking, not at all.&nbsp; (Just thought I&#039;d add a moment of brevity and self-deprecation so no one starts arguing.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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