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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2480917, member: 19250&quot;]Indianvarieties.com&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Franklin - lovers </p><p><br /></p><p>Wexler </p><p><br /></p><p>Varietyvista.com&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Vam world&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>shieldnickels.net&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bust half dime die marriages&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>all are great resource&nbsp; for varieties&nbsp; Google is your friend and you can find all sorts of information&nbsp; on any coin.</p><p>The CPG are great to have to do a quick check but new variety&nbsp; coins are found daily .&nbsp; So the Web is your best bet to track down information&nbsp; of a variety&nbsp; questions . </p><p>&nbsp;What may also help those whom have a memory&nbsp; problem a small pocket&nbsp; note book listing&nbsp; half cent- dollar dates that are known for varieties . </p><p>Now for a real tip as some dealers could careless&nbsp; if you cherry pick&nbsp; their inventory&nbsp; others do.....</p><p>that said a poker face is advised .</p><p>When walking&nbsp; a show and spotting a find&nbsp; don&#039;t&nbsp; let your emotions&nbsp; get the best of you. Use your memory , notebook, smart phone to obtain&nbsp; the pick up points you need to know to nail down the variety .&nbsp; I myself am not opposed&nbsp; to taking a gamble&nbsp; and pulling the trigger if the price&nbsp; is right and the little voice&nbsp; inside sez &quot;Do It&quot; !</p><p>If you aren&#039;t&nbsp; the gambler type step off do your research&nbsp; from your smartphone&nbsp; and note book. When returning&nbsp; to the dealer ask can you do x amount on this coin? Offer a price&nbsp; that&#039;s is fair and not letting&nbsp; on&nbsp; anything&nbsp; else&nbsp; other than you&#039;re&nbsp; interested&nbsp; in buying .&nbsp; If they give you your price or a counter offer .....pause .....and say yeah I can do that. One thing you&#039;ll&nbsp; need to know is the variety &quot; rare&quot; and </p><p>Price points for the variety. Is this coin going to be an easy flip or if you intend&nbsp; to make it part of your collection . </p><p>Varieties&nbsp; are out there if they really interest you.....research&nbsp; is the key. I sometimes&nbsp; the night before a show look up&nbsp; different&nbsp; specimen&nbsp; I&#039;m&nbsp; looking for. Making mental notes of (PUP) pick up points.</p><p>Yes there&#039;s&nbsp;&nbsp; quite a bit of information&nbsp; one must know and sometimes&nbsp; what you recall is not the most important point as some varieties&nbsp; had more than one pup that make that variety&nbsp; the one in question .&nbsp; Study&nbsp; Rpm&#039;s , Rpd&#039;s,&nbsp; Mpd&#039;s , ddo and ddr&#039;s . Study the difference&nbsp; between&nbsp; doubled ed dies and Md. One can easily&nbsp; fooled by MD. </p><p>Don&#039;t&nbsp; always look at the common&nbsp; items on a coin examine&nbsp; everything&nbsp; close . Look for clashes ,&nbsp; the denticals , even the sides of the coin.</p><p>Another item is this.... you found a variety&nbsp; however&nbsp; the coin has some damage.....should I pull the trigger ?&nbsp; </p><p>That depends&nbsp; on 1 can you live with the&nbsp; damage&nbsp; because the variety&nbsp; is extremely&nbsp; rare and you may not find another.</p><p>or 2 can I flip this with the damage, will I break even or profit?&nbsp; </p><p>All&nbsp; questions&nbsp; you need to ask and be realistic&nbsp; about.</p><p>Lastly&nbsp; you&#039;re&nbsp; going to have days you win and days you loose . If variety&nbsp; coins are a passion&nbsp; or strong&nbsp; interest&nbsp; to you it&#039;s&nbsp; only by trial and error are you going to learn.</p><p>Enjoy your victories, but learn from your mistakes . </p><p>And again wait til you leave the room to start your happy dance! One doesn&#039;t&nbsp; want to give away any victories&nbsp; until the time is right, which&nbsp; is out of sight of the dealers you just picked![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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