I need help on finding error coins so what is the first step please help. I am trying to stop but I can't so might as well learn the right way.
Just Google it, study and learn it. We take your question seriously here this is going to end up like a 40-page thread.
A doubled die is not an error. It is a variety. Maybe you should buy the Cherrypickers Guide, 5th Edition, Volumes I & II. Chris
Thank you guys I do hope it ends up in 40 pages because I need that much help on understanding what a double Die is and Variety. I tried looking it up but there's so much information and so much different. I just confuse myself.
The easy thing that I've found, is coin roll searching, separate the coins into dates then look at every coin for something that stands out... chip, crack, cud, doubling, and doubled, oh and lamination and anything else I may not have listed .. LOL Have FUN...
Ah, OK, you're just overwhelmed. You need a focus. OK, here we go... There are errors and varieties. That's all. There's nothing else. What's the difference? Now we're going 40 pages because when you get right down to it the difference is elusive. How do I look at it? This is the best I can do. An error is something unintentional while a variety is something intentional. Therefore, a doubled die is an error that happened in the die stage. A variety is just a different-looking coin by intent. As an example, there's an 1865 Indian Head cent with a "Plain 5," and one with a "Fancy 5." Those are clearly varieties of that cent. Now, pick up any coin book, and it will probably have a chapter on errors. Those are striking errors, not die errors, as in the doubled dies. As such, people tend to call the die errors "varieties." That's just to differentiate them from what can go wrong in the striking stage. Look over the different errors in the book. Read more about them in other books. Find something that looks a little off, show it to us, we'll help you out. Through that process, study, and showing your finds, you'll get the hang of it. It just takes time. I hope this is of some benefit. Good hunting to you.
thank you all this is doing me a lot of help now everything is starting to make sense about these varieties and errors
Okay, same thing I just shared with another fellow, here is the title of a real nice 34 minute video on error Coins. Cooper did his homework. It is a You Tube video, so open up You Tube (or go to the You Tube site), and copy and paste this title into the search window, sit back and enjoy, watch several times. It covers many many different types of typical and rare error coins, with many pics!! Die Events and One of a Kind Errors - Richard Cooper.mp4
First step is to learn as much as you can about how coins are made. Once you have a good knowledge about how regular coins are made you will be able to identify a lot of thing that people try to pass of errors or which at first glance look like errors but which are not.
I gave you links of coin sites that showed different variations of coins and offered friendly advice. So obviously you didnt read, read and didnt care to listen, or blatantly ignored me. /sigh..
I am not. I am learning a lot I really am trying my best here in error world just some people expect to much. I don't know how long it took you all to learn but I am much slower then you experts, to tell you the truth I may never be an expert but I will learn something no matter if it doesn't mean nothing to you. so thank you for your knowledgeable information you provide me with. If your feeling as if your time is wasted on me please don't, that's the last thing I want anyone to do, please. Thank you.
One of the most important things to remember is to stops saying Double Die. It's Doubled Die. There is a big difference! Note that the proper terminology for this occurrence includes the letter 'd' at the end of the first word, hence "doubled die". The term "double die" without the first word ending in 'd' is not proper numismatic terminology. I want to share this webpage with you - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubled_die
