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Old 05-19-2006, 09:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Greetings,

I will fill out my profile later, but I wanted to say Hello and ask some ametuer questions.

Where is the best place to find possible error coins (I collect pennies)? I go to banks but would like to acquire mint bags full or large quantity of pennies, any pennies will do because I have found that the US penny has far more errors listed in the RedBook than any other denomination.

Does anyone know why the penny is distinguished with so many different, bona-fide errors than any other denomination????

What is the best cheapest for both viewing coins for errors and taking zoomed pictures or scanning.
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Old 05-19-2006, 09:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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welcome...Im sorry i cant help you, but a good place to find error coins is ebay
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Howdy coin_interest - Welcome to the Forum !!

If you want mint bags of cents your best bet is to buy them from a dealer. Because of changes the mint has made you won't find many errors in todays coins.

To answer your other question, you find more errors on cents because they make them by the billions and have for decades.
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Old 05-19-2006, 10:26 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 05-19-2006, 11:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 05-20-2006, 12:58 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Greetings,

I will fill out my profile later, but I wanted to say Hello and ask some ametuer questions.

Where is the best place to find possible error coins (I collect pennies)? I go to banks but would like to acquire mint bags full or large quantity of pennies, any pennies will do because I have found that the US penny has far more errors listed in the RedBook than any other denomination.

Does anyone know why the penny is distinguished with so many different, bona-fide errors than any other denomination????

What is the best cheapest for both viewing coins for errors and taking zoomed pictures or scanning.
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Another place you might be able to get coin errors is by posting something in the OPEN forum... it's a good place to trade with other people or get your word out that you'd like penny errors.

And welcome to cointalk... you don't need to fill out your profile... I don't think I ever did
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Old 05-20-2006, 01:18 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 05-20-2006, 08:52 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I'm just starting to learn about error coins and such and find it really neat!

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Old 05-21-2006, 06:51 AM   #11 (permalink)
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