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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 4270395, member: 92083&quot;][USER=29239]@rascal[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Listen here...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a very well-respected person in this forum, and I respect the opinions of other true experts. I have made many contributions with educational posts in this forum, some which have even been featured here by Peter Davis and in a few numismatic periodicals. Major, well-known Mint error experts all across the country know who I am. I have given presentations to multiple groups in my state of NY and been invited to several other states to not only speak but to showcase educational tables on errors and counterfeit/altered coins, including the National PAN show in Pittsburgh this May.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you know what? If someone says I am wrong, I listen to them. I am not an arrogant person. I like to know who the experts are, how they came to be, and for them to enlighten me on where I made a mistake. My goal is not only to learn but to spread knowledge for people to be able to teach themselves. I have been dead wrong before, and that&#039;s OK. I don&#039;t mind being corrected. My goal is true knowledge, not having to be right all the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of that is calling out frauds like yourself who try and push off your &quot;knowledge&quot; on to others who may be new to the hobby and/or are gullible. You and your posts are a detriment and a danger to true knowledge. It is one thing to be learning or to be wrong, but it&#039;s another to be aggressively ignorant and question experts with polite yet dismissive, condescending rudeness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong. A questioning spirit and an ability to think critically - even when the whole forum is against you - is much needed. No none should lose a spirit of intellectual curiosity, and even the experts are wrong once in a while. But people have provided ample proof to you&nbsp; (and [USER=102096]@Avery G.[/USER] ) that your coins are not errors and you need to stop your nonsense and yet either you can&#039;t admit you are wrong or are up to something more sinister (like showing a potential buyer &quot;proof&quot; your coin is legitimate based on comments from other &quot;experienced&quot; collectors; it has happened from comments made in this forum before).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t care what anyone else in this forum thinks. I firmly believe 99.9% that you are both the same person. The fact that one joined years ago and the other recently proves NOTHING. On the other hand, I have credible circumstantial evidence that you are. Maybe I&#039;m wrong, but...</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s look at what both you and [USER=102096]@Avery G.[/USER]&nbsp; have in common:</p><p>1. You both post damaged coins and insist they are errors - aggressively so.</p><p>2. You both cite &quot;experts&quot; who have &quot;certified&quot; your errors, but flat out refuse to give names.</p><p>3. You both arrogantly question true experts, their expertise, and their experience.</p><p>4. You both say how you are really &quot;just trying to teach&quot; others.</p><p>5. You both have proved you have ZERO knowledge in how the minting process works.</p><p>6. The pattern keeps repeating itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>So [USER=29239]@rascal[/USER] , please, I would love to know your age, profession, experience in errors, books you&#039;ve read about errors, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mine:</p><p>- Joe Cronin, 47 years old</p><p>- Former federal agent with the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Customs Service</p><p>- Long-time experienced error collector with a wealth of posts on this site</p><p>- Presented to multiple groups on errors and counterfeit/altered coins</p><p>- Had a couple of my personal error coins featured in Coin World magazine</p><p>- Authored articles in the error magazine Errorscope</p><p>- Known to major mint error dealers, collectors, columnists, and researchers</p><p>- Author of a future book on Mint Errors</p><p>- Am a state representative in NY for CONECA</p><p><br /></p><p>Please, enlighten us...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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