Question: How many times...

[jstraw13]

Have you had to recheck your collection because a new variety has been found

[Rhubarb]

That is a very good question. I have yet to go thru them the first time. I have seen new dies listed, I wriet them down if I have been thru that year for future reference.

[coop]

I always check what I'm going through to see what is there. If there is an unknown variety that I find, great. But I don't look just for known varieties only.

As far as going through my collection, I have tubes of varieties that I still haven't found a listing for yet. But every chance I get I try to re-check the listing to see if they have been added. I've found a few that were newly listed and others that I didn't find a match for that were already listed. It happens. But knowing what to look for helps, but having an open mind will help you find a new discovery.

[GarryN]

I dont have enough coins hoarded that I have to recheck too often. Every once in a while I come up with something when I just look at my coins closely. For example when I bought the VAM encyclopedia I attributed a number of silver dollars I had and realized a 1878-CC dollar was the VAM 11 Lines in Wing variety which is somewhat interesting. Its a nice prooflike 63 also. A more interesting story has to do with war nickels. I kept every war nickel I came across when I was a kid in the 60s. I have two tubes of well worn war nickels. I was looking thru them one day about 10 yrs ago and much to my surprise, there was a 1943/2 in there. It is worth about $20 and it was a very nice surprise.

[eagames]

I find minor ones that were missed in stuff that was already searched. Often it's minor but still fun to find. Maybe on the first pass I find anything big but might miss something. Some examples.... found a 71-P DDO die 4 in a roll that I had already searched. I found a 72-P DDO die 7 in a folder that I had for years. And those RPMs often grow in the roll after they were searched!

Then there's rechecking when new varieties are found like the recent 82 DDR, I pulled out the 82 cents to look for that monster!

On the 2006 cents that I had already checked I double checked them for the doubled ear since I was probably focusing on LIBERTY on the first search.

Another reason to re-check.... you gain skill at spotting things like wavy steps that you might have missed in the past.

[Bob P]

Even I make it a point to look through some older stuff when a new variety is found. I still have almost every cent I collected since I was a kid, so unless I know specifically where one might be, it can be a very daunting task. Even as an attributer, I have found that I have missed stuff..even recently