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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 3600312, member: 90692&quot;][USER=104974]@Sasha D Marshburn[/USER] ...Welcome to Coin Talk.&nbsp; &quot;Interesting&quot; is a relative word.&nbsp; Personally, I find it interesting when I find a well struck coin.&nbsp; Or an older one that has survived the ravages of circulation and is still collectable</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this AM I ran across a 1994-P quarter that still had almost all the breast feathers on the eagle, rough grade/raw at AU58.&nbsp; I usually set these aside to take a closer look later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the coins you find in circulation are going to have wear or environmental damage, or mis-shapened letters or numerals.&nbsp; All of this is termed post mint damage (PMD), meaning, after it left the mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; Study the die creation process, the minting process as a whole and what constitutes an error.&nbsp; You will become a better collector and learn a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go to doubleddie.com, error-ref.com and lincolncentresource.com to access tons of helpful information.&nbsp; Also, buy a Yeoman Red Book...it has a cornucopia of basic, useful information for all U.S. denominations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck, keep searching and let us know what you find...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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