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<p>[QUOTE="saucejon1983, post: 1445850, member: 37932"]Ok, so I have posted on here a few times and gotten LOADS of helpful advice, and alot of valuable information. I have started coin collecting with Lincoln Cents, and really any pennies I can get ahold of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now in containers on my newly appointed "Coin Desk" I have aprox. 3200 pennies. I have quickly gone through them looking for anything stood out as something I wanted to keep, wheat cents, "S" mint marks... things like that. Now my question is, what should I be looking for? Do I need to take each one and check to see if there are any known errors for that year, inspect the entire thing, look up prices and varriants, and then decide weather or not to keep it? or should I just throw them back into circulation? is it not worth it to inspect each one in detail. I know I look stupid asking questions like these, but I am trying to make sure I do my homework and learn this stuff very well. I have already purchased a "Red Book" and am reading it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you in advance for your help and thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kyle[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="saucejon1983, post: 1445850, member: 37932"]Ok, so I have posted on here a few times and gotten LOADS of helpful advice, and alot of valuable information. I have started coin collecting with Lincoln Cents, and really any pennies I can get ahold of. Right now in containers on my newly appointed "Coin Desk" I have aprox. 3200 pennies. I have quickly gone through them looking for anything stood out as something I wanted to keep, wheat cents, "S" mint marks... things like that. Now my question is, what should I be looking for? Do I need to take each one and check to see if there are any known errors for that year, inspect the entire thing, look up prices and varriants, and then decide weather or not to keep it? or should I just throw them back into circulation? is it not worth it to inspect each one in detail. I know I look stupid asking questions like these, but I am trying to make sure I do my homework and learn this stuff very well. I have already purchased a "Red Book" and am reading it. Thank you in advance for your help and thoughts. Kyle[/QUOTE]
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