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Message:: [QUOTE="softmentor, post: 2056875, member: 10469"]so... back on topic, "What's your routine when checking coins?" I make a sheet of paper (long "legal length" paper 14' long) for each denomination; one page for Linc's, one for wheats, one for Jefs and so on. I make a grid for the years that fits the size coin then write in the "squares" for the years I am looking for. Ex: for JFK's I mark "all" for pre 70' in the 70 box I write NIFC, also in the 87 box, in the 74 square I mark D- DDO and so on. Then as I work with a box of that denomination I have a "cheat sheet" of sorts to remind me of what all I'm looking for. After a while I pretty well have it memorized but I find it helpful to have it in front of me. For coins that I need a loope, I stack them on their square while unrolling and checking for dates and things I can see with just my reading glasses. Then after going through a box or what ever, I take each stack, (say the JFK 1974-d stack) and use my loop or computer microscope to look for the DDO's. I re-roll all the not-keeper while playing cards online.casual, relaxing, not in a hurry, just fun pace.[/QUOTE]