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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4997659, member: 84179"]For what it's worth, many here are not fans if the "strike it rich from pocket change" book and all of the similar websites. Realistically, finding minor errors isn't easy. Finding something that retails for a few dollars is a rare event. Strike it rich? Well, You might as well write a book called "strike it rich from buying lotto tickets". If it was easy to get rich looking at change, many of us with decades of collecting experience would be sitting on a beach in the Caribbean, drinking cocktails with little umbrellas instead of answering questions on coin talk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The criticism of these sites is that they don't tell you that there us a very low probability of finding them in change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cherry pickers is a good resource. </p><p><br /></p><p>Best advice is to learn the minting and die making process. It takes time, but the more you know, they easier it will be to spot real errors and not waste time on PMD[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4997659, member: 84179"]For what it's worth, many here are not fans if the "strike it rich from pocket change" book and all of the similar websites. Realistically, finding minor errors isn't easy. Finding something that retails for a few dollars is a rare event. Strike it rich? Well, You might as well write a book called "strike it rich from buying lotto tickets". If it was easy to get rich looking at change, many of us with decades of collecting experience would be sitting on a beach in the Caribbean, drinking cocktails with little umbrellas instead of answering questions on coin talk. The criticism of these sites is that they don't tell you that there us a very low probability of finding them in change. Cherry pickers is a good resource. Best advice is to learn the minting and die making process. It takes time, but the more you know, they easier it will be to spot real errors and not waste time on PMD[/QUOTE]
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