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<p>[QUOTE="dog_pound, post: 2729426, member: 77895"]Great attitude, keep the motivation. If I might offer a price of advice though. Start with one coin (dime, nickel, 1 cent. Focus a lot of you attention on that denomination. Learn first off how the coin is actually made from start to finish. Learn how they made them early on and then how they manufactured now. Learn about does, hubs, master hubs working does etc...how the image is made, and how it is transfered. This will pat dividends to you later when it comes to identifying what a true error looks like and how it could have been made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then pick the coin you want to focus on. I am not saying don't buy other coins if you like them but do homework on it first.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recommend Lincoln's or Jefferson's to start. Primarily because you can find a very large portion of you coins in circulation still.(minus older wheats and key dates) both coins are relatively inexpensive except a few key Lincoln's, but a very nice Jefferson will be far less to complete. These coins have a lot of different mintmark and ddo errors that you can cut you teeth on and may enjoy looking for. Especially if you learn the minting process first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of collectors started with Lincoln's and moved on to others. Good luck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dog_pound, post: 2729426, member: 77895"]Great attitude, keep the motivation. If I might offer a price of advice though. Start with one coin (dime, nickel, 1 cent. Focus a lot of you attention on that denomination. Learn first off how the coin is actually made from start to finish. Learn how they made them early on and then how they manufactured now. Learn about does, hubs, master hubs working does etc...how the image is made, and how it is transfered. This will pat dividends to you later when it comes to identifying what a true error looks like and how it could have been made. Then pick the coin you want to focus on. I am not saying don't buy other coins if you like them but do homework on it first. I recommend Lincoln's or Jefferson's to start. Primarily because you can find a very large portion of you coins in circulation still.(minus older wheats and key dates) both coins are relatively inexpensive except a few key Lincoln's, but a very nice Jefferson will be far less to complete. These coins have a lot of different mintmark and ddo errors that you can cut you teeth on and may enjoy looking for. Especially if you learn the minting process first. Lots of collectors started with Lincoln's and moved on to others. Good luck[/QUOTE]
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