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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3199945, member: 92083&quot;]Well, I consider myself a Numismatist, and here is why...</p><p><br /></p><p>I study my own error coins as well as those similar to mine. I learn by making comparisons both from what I have studied and what I see in front of me. What explains the similarities? The differences? For example, I collect coins struck on type 1 blanks. I notice many grading companies wrongly call blanks planchets and vice versa. I know what to look for along the edge for that &quot;rip ad tear&quot; look. I know that sometimes when coins are broadstruck, the edges get pushed up and it looks like a rim, but it is not. I know that off-centers can do that as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, most blanks struck by dies falsely look like die adjustment strikes because very few are struck fully. Blanks are wider and don&#039;t sit in the collar properly, and usally they wind up slightly tilted; this prevents a full and complete strike, and coins that have reeding are sometimes left with incomplete reeding. Many blanks are also struck outside the collar as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, if you can apply what you have learned and studied using raw examples (or if the label is hidden), then you are moving in the direction of a Numismatist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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