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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2496642, member: 19165&quot;]Let us clarify some things: the Cherrypickers focuses on *varieties.*</p><p><br /></p><p>The book linked above by Herbert focuses on *erorrs.* These are two very different things. As a classification of the types of errors, Herbert&#039;s book is very good: there are only so many ways something can go wrong at the mint. Until and unless new technology is implemented (which is a slow process), the book remains fully up to date and one of the best on the subject. I wouldn&#039;t use it for pricing, but no print book is ever going to be useful for pricing data. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Cherrypickers does exactly what it claims to do: focuses only on the most popular and/or most available varieties. It never claims, and doesn&#039;t attempt to be, exhaustive. If you want a fairly exhaustive list of the varieties for a series, you must turn to specialist publications or websites. Most series have a standard reference which lists their varieties (although, even these are often selective - with thousands and thousands of dies used for a long running series, a complete list of varieties would fill an entire shelf). Again, a book is going to go out of date, but a website is easier to maintain up-to-date. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what series you are looking for, but the Variety Master Listings at CONECA is pretty much the most thorough listing for modern coins. You can find it here: <a href="http://varietyvista.com/CONECA%20Master%20Listings.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/CONECA%20Master%20Listings.htm" rel="nofollow">http://varietyvista.com/CONECA Master Listings.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To make this into a book would be Herculean, redundant, and probably not terribly necessary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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