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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 4918294, member: 84179&quot;]There are a couple of ways, but they all involve time, study, and experience.&nbsp; The first thing is to read and study as much as you can about the minting and die making process.&nbsp; A member posted a nice link another thread</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology" rel="nofollow">https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s another on dies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinnews.net/2013/09/13/how-the-philadelphia-mint-makes-hubs-and-dies-to-produce-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinnews.net/2013/09/13/how-the-philadelphia-mint-makes-hubs-and-dies-to-produce-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinnews.net/2013/09/13/how-the-philadelphia-mint-makes-hubs-and-dies-to-produce-coins/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It takes some time, but as you understand the steps in the process, you’ll know which specific steps cause certain errors and if why many “anomalies” cannot be made during the minting process.&nbsp; The reason many experienced members on here can say with certainty that a coin is PMD, is that they know the minting process and know which types of damage cannot occur at the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing that helps is to look at a lot of coins, both errors and PMD.&nbsp; It takes time, but there really isn’t a short cut.&nbsp; It’s much easier to do this today than when I was kid starting out in the dark ages before the internet and personal computers <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie69" alt=":oldman:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; However, you still need to put in the time.&nbsp; Check out the sites that are referenced and book mark the good ones and look at the “is this an error” posts and see if your guess matches up with the experienced members. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: I still think you should change your avatar to something like fluffy bunnies.&nbsp; It would go well with your user name &lt;jk&gt; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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