Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 5309977, member: 84179&quot;]The reason the vast majority of newer members are told their coins are not errors, is because they aren&#039;t errors.&nbsp; There are lots and lots of coins out there that are damaged or have been struck with very worn dies.&nbsp; Mechanical doubling can look like true doubling but the die isn&#039;t doubled, the die is loose in the press and moves when a coin is struck.&nbsp; Its very common and is not an error.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason why members can tell you that you don&#039;t have an error, is that they know and understand the minting process.&nbsp; The minting process is well documented, so it&#039;s easy to determine if the &quot; error&quot; could have occurred at the mint.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you disagree with the responses, you need to propose an explanation if how it could occur during the minting process.&nbsp; Here us a link to get you started.&nbsp; </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><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=97613]@usmc 6123[/USER] many experienced members enjoy helping new collectors learn and grow in the hobby.&nbsp; One thing that&#039;s important is to learn and use the the correct terminology.&nbsp; Don&#039;t you want to be able to communicate effectively with other hobbiests?&nbsp; It appears that you&#039;ve been in the military (thanks for your service to protect our country).&nbsp; I guess the military has specific terminology to describe things and that the try to teach that to new recruits.&nbsp; Numismatics is similar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in