Sad and with a heavy heart

[ldarrellc]

hey if yall want help going thru your cents then messege Me for My address and I will help

[Bob P]

Darrell,
I can't believe you let yourself run out of coins to search Well, the weekdays are here, and you need to march your butt over to the bank and get yourself some searchin' material
Of course...if we all moved up to Springfield Missouri, we could all check out Mr. Chuck's stash. I'm sure they'll be a variety or two in that hoard.

[rollmeupabe]

The American Journal of Medicine is reporting a new disease called LWCAD - Lincoln Wheat Cent Accumulation Disorder. Typical symptoms are coffee cans, cloth bags, paper rolls, shoe boxes and miscellaneous other materials stockpiled in multiple rooms of the house. I could never run out of wheaties to search cause I lose track of which piles I searched and which piles I need to search so I go back through them again.

[coop]

And the next time through you find something you missed the other six times looking. I swear, those tubes must be growing varieties cause I didn't see them the last time around.

[coppercoins]

Hmm...instead of rushing through the coins and running out to get more, maybe slowing down will catch them the first time? Just a thought.

Actually, with me and my searching, if I don't see it the first time, it probably isn't worth my time to go back and find it. That's how I keep myself to finding the slightly better stuff, and keep my head out of endless doubled eyelids and split serif RPMs.

[ldarrellc]

well here I sit with like 25 dollars of uncirculated cents going thru they might last me a day or 2. Lincoln cents are like lays potatoe chips was you start you just cant stop.

[coppercoins]

If $25 only lasts you a day or two, you're clearly looking too fast. Going at warp speed it takes me nearly a week to go through $25.

[Bob P]

Would you mind telling me how fast 'warp' speed is?? I gotta check and see if I'm going too fast

[Steven]

Did you ever get the look from the wife when your out at a store, quiky mart, picking up groceries, etc and see the roll of cents in the cash drawer and you can't resist saying "can I buy that roll".

I think I fit LWCAD

[quote]The American Journal of Medicine is reporting a new disease called LWCAD - Lincoln Wheat Cent Accumulation Disorder.

[coppercoins]

Bob - takes me about five minutes to view obverse and reverse of a half-roll of cents. That's ten minutes a roll, 6 rolls to an hour. Give 5 hours of looking daily, and that's 30 rolls a day - but that's really pushing it.

[coppercoins]

Better answer - I usually hit a wall at about six rolls on a day. Gets to my brain and to my eyes. I could probably handle more, but have other things to do that are far more pressing - like making a living.

[Bob P]

Your threshold is a little better than mine. Unless I am finding lots of good stuff, my limit is five rolls before I gotta let them go for the day.

[creilly]

My husband asked me yesterday if he could cash in some of my pennies. I have about 200 lbs Im still sifting through.

I almost fainted. He promised not to mention it again, after rolling his eyes!!

Side note.. NO I did not accumulate all of these on my own a lot came from my grandfather.

He thinks Im strange trying to get a set of pennies with railroad rims for each date. Its not easy!!

Also too for some odd reason I am determined to find a wavy step.

[ldarrellc]

how easy is it to spot a wavy step? will it like jump out at you or do you have to really study the coin and turn every way you can to see it ?

[coop]

What a unique question. The answer can be so complex. Why? Like other classes of doubled dies, they are formed different directions/strengths. So to with class 9 Wavysteps. Ones that are stronger have a better desireable/easier to see look to them. Not all class 9 double dies are that way. Some are strong (Seen in all directions), others are weak (only seen in certain directions). Some are not listable as they are too weak, but all that are strong, usually are the most desireable type and listed. Just like doubled dies/RPMs, the stronger the seperation the more valuable it becomes. If interest in a certain die is higher, then the price goes up also.
But to see the difference of Strong & Weak you need to compare the two to see the difference in hand. I searched for a very long time before I found my first RPM. It takes a train period for you eyes to locate what is different and then searches for that. It took a long time to recognize doubled dies and then I was able to see them as my eye was trained to see them. The bar cents was later what I finally trained my eye to see, and after a few more weeks I found my first wavystep. So having an example of each in hand, you can accelerate your eye to see what to search for. I've bought some of each example to train my eye with. Why is that nessary? Some RPMs/DD's are only seen at certain angles. It takes seeing how light is spread on each example and rotation of the coin to see that you need to rotate some RPMs/DDs to see them and others are seen in various rotations. So training the eye is necessary and can be acclerated by having some coins in hand. You will find that soon your eye is spotting examples that are too minor to collect. Not a problem, you tain it to only spot ones that are less minor. I know for each step of training my eye, I had to adjust my eye. It went from one extreme to the other one. Spoting major anomolies to spotting to minor. You just have to know how minor is too minor. Usually you can do that with a question. Would I buy something that minor. If the answer is no, put the coin back to work. On all types of doubled dies/RPMs/OM (Over mint marks D/S)/OD (Over dates), it may take time to develope the eye, but it makes searching a joy win you reach that lever to be able to see major/minor RPMs, DD's and strengths in both areas.