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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2312244, member: 24314&quot;]Thanks for the tip!&nbsp; I&#039;m going to try to get Doug to reconsider his definitions and join the 99 Percent of his contemporaries.&nbsp; IT IS NOT PERSONAL!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the deal...When I was a YN (That &quot;name&quot; did not exist.&nbsp; Back in the dark ages there were no YN&#039;s - just young kids who traded/collected coins.), I took a circulated Buffalo 5c to a well-known successful coin dealer in Washington, DC because I saw what looked like &quot;letters&quot; under the Indian&#039;s chin.&nbsp; The dealer blew me off.&nbsp; Said it was nothing, not even letters!&nbsp; I still could see &quot;funny&quot; (they were reversed) letters under the chin.&nbsp; YEARS LATER, as a young man, I learned what clash marks were and how they were made.&nbsp; From that moment on I tried to learn, read, everything I could about coins, how they are made, etc.&nbsp; I also made a promise to myself to share what I learned in many grading/authentication seminars every chance I had.&nbsp; Especially in cases where incorrect information was given.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Would you believe that at an ANA seminar in the 1980&#039;s, one professional TPGS instructor told the class that the black spots on Morgan dollars were caused when the sawdust used at the mint to dry the planchets ignited and burned when the coin was struck leaving the charred residue behind?&nbsp; How about this one:&nbsp; In the early 1970&#039;s the ANA defined the characteristic treatment we call whizzing today as cleaning?&nbsp; IT&#039;S ALL SEMANTICS RIGHT ...&nbsp; NOT!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I learn something new every day looking at coins and talking with collectors &amp; dealers about coins.&nbsp; This is not the &quot;spew&quot; you hear from everyone.&nbsp; I really do learn new things and like to pass them on and discuss them.&nbsp; There is a very &quot;informed&quot; group of collectors/dealers here.&nbsp; They have taught me things already...including to make an effort to stay civil in the face of ignorance (<span style="color: #b30000">As in lacking training or knowledge about a particular subject)</span>!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll get back to comments on this thread later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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