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<p>[QUOTE="bigjpst, post: 720153, member: 21015"]Originally Posted by <b>GDJMSP</b> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t75405-post720013/#post720013" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t75405-post720013/#post720013"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </p><p><i>Whatever you have the most of, and whatever you collect the most of is what to start with. Learn that series inside and out before moving on to another one. Now whatever that series is, that will determine an additional book or two that you should get. For you will have to learn which date/mint combinations are known for being weakly struck and which one sare known for being well struck. And your not gonna find that in most grading books.</i></p><p>I ran into this with a 1940s lincoln cent PCGS ms66rd I bought on e-bay. The obverse looks like a weak strike, and the reverse has a line through the back like maybe planchet discoloring...I was a bit dissapointed with the coin when I got it...fortunately it wasn't very expensive...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bigjpst, post: 720153, member: 21015"]Originally Posted by [B]GDJMSP[/B] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/t75405-post720013/#post720013"][IMG]http://www.cointalk.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG][/URL] [I]Whatever you have the most of, and whatever you collect the most of is what to start with. Learn that series inside and out before moving on to another one. Now whatever that series is, that will determine an additional book or two that you should get. For you will have to learn which date/mint combinations are known for being weakly struck and which one sare known for being well struck. And your not gonna find that in most grading books.[/I] I ran into this with a 1940s lincoln cent PCGS ms66rd I bought on e-bay. The obverse looks like a weak strike, and the reverse has a line through the back like maybe planchet discoloring...I was a bit dissapointed with the coin when I got it...fortunately it wasn't very expensive...[/QUOTE]
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