“Wow, cuds or rim fold overs and see that strike through on George’s head. I bet it’s even got broad strike problems and look, a greaser, too!” I can understand how newbies can get starry-eyed over anomalies found on coins. It takes a while to separate the chaff from the wheat. I still have to look twice when I see suspected doubling, “Is this MD or DDD, or both?” This quarter is definitely a ‘dryer coin’, as I was standing beside the service tech. when he pulled it from the laundromat dryer and handed it to me. No big “payday coin” here. Guess I cancel my Space X ticket purchase, maybe next time.
I am a member on several Facebook groups dedicated to coins, errors and collecting. They post damaged coins every single day and ask things such as "What kind of mint error is this?" "I know this can't be post mint damage" "I went to a Coin shop and the guy said it looks like an error".. and before those questions the most popular one is "How much would this be worth?" It is sad. And the majority of them actually think they are true errors and belive that they have a very high premium. Many get upset when specialists such as myself tell them that they are not errors. They say that we are wrong and jealous. It is a very small percentage of people who thank us and admit that we are correct.
Saw the thread title and was hoping @Valentinian had gotten lost and posted outside the ancients..... no such luck
