2 (perhaps obvious) questions...

hello,
i likecollecting error coins, i have quite a few, but i have 2 questions:

1. how common is it to find them in circulation
and
2. if you do find one how do you know if it an error or merely damaged (i mean when it isnt an obvious thing like an misstrike)
thanks
rich

 

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It depends on how much you search, and how lucky you are, and the only way to learn is experience, pick up a book, and go through lots of change.

 

thanks for the reply. ill keep an eye out. are there any good books on error coins?
rich

 

Off strikes 90% a found @ mint.But there also Die Varieties some folks call errors.
One good one is Minnesota St Quarter 70+ Die Varieties just for Philly and 40-50 for Denver.
The Best book for error hunter is Cherrypicker Guide + Conesa .org here the link
->http://conecaonline.org/

 

Rich,

You should educate yourself on the minting process. If you understand how coins are made you will be better prepared to understand how errors occur.

When you find a coin that you think is an error you should think, "How did this error occur?" If you have no idea how coins are made every anomaly will look like a genuine error to you.

 

thanks for the advice. i picked up spink's coins of england today so i can get an idea of my country's coins, though i doesnt have much on the minting process itself. i am going on a research hunt....thankfully i pick things up fairly quickly (when you study quantum physics you have to )
rich

 

You are on the right track. Education first, and then keep up the hunt.

 

This video shows how coins were made three-quarters of a century ago. Many things have changed (we now have clad coins, cents are copper-plated zinc) and the minting process has been greatly automated but you should get a basic understanding of how coins are made by watching the video.

[video=youtube_share;mBjD9N1APsw]http://youtu.be/mBjD9N1APsw[/video]

 

thanks for that, i am replying to this before watching it (so sorry if its explained in the video) but is UK minting processes basically the same (with the obvious differences of coins) as USA?
thanks
rich

 

There may be some differences but the basics should be the same in both countries.

 

Thanks for the video.

 

Not to change subject.

Is there a world coin error / die variety book like the cherrypicker guide?
Web site for the major errors or better known world coin errors.

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