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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 2129273, member: 11786&quot;]Yeah...it&#039;s tough to cherrypick <i>anything</i>, unless you already have <i>an idea</i> what you&#039;re looking for. So rather than scan coins for odd marks that could easily be random damage--it&#039;s far better practice to get a book on varieties and memorize the markers of coins <b>you want to find</b>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; For example, when I cherrypicked<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1894-ihc-snow-2-two-nice-mpds.262050/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1894-ihc-snow-2-two-nice-mpds.262050/"> this 1894 MPD</a>...I was looking for a <i>specific variety</i>, and I researched until I found confirming evidence it was in fact the variety I wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopeful variety collectors get tripped up when they suppose they can find <i>completely new, never before seen</i> repunched dates, doubled dies, overdates, etc.&nbsp; Such discoveries happen a lot less than collectors suppose--maybe 0.1% of real cherrypicks. And the only way to know you have a discovery coin is to know the markers on the varieties already documented. --just some of my conclusions from cherrypicking varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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