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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3031297, member: 84179&quot;]You&#039;ll pick it up.&nbsp; First, start by forgetting what you&#039;ve learned on YouTube.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there is some useful, factual info, but it&#039;s filled with so much misinformation, it&#039;s hard for a new collector to sort it out. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re interested in errors, the best thing is to study the minting process.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any specific links, but here is where YouTube might actually be useful.&nbsp; There have been TV shows like &quot;How it&#039;s Made&quot; and others that show the process.&nbsp; Most are just an overview, but it&#039;s a good place to start.&nbsp; THE MORE YOU UNDERSTAND THE MINTING PROCESS, THE EASIER IT WILL BE FOR YOU TO SPOT REAL ERRORS.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would recommend spending time clicking through sites like Variety Vista and Wexler&#039;s Doubled Die page (I&#039;m too lazy to find and copy the links so just google it, plus they have been posted numerous times here on CT).&nbsp; A lot of info might not make sense initially, but you&#039;ll start putting things together. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, If you don&#039;t have one already, get a copy of the Red Book (A Guidebook of United States Coins).&nbsp; Not a lot of technical stuff on the minting process, but it&#039;s filled with history, some basic grading information and specs like weights, diameters, etc.&nbsp; Don&#039;t take the pricing information as gospel, but you can get a relative idea of which coins are better and which ones are common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, have a thick skin on here.&nbsp; Some of us can be snarky (I&#039;m guilty), but you&#039;ll get accurate info and the experienced members will &quot;correct&quot; people who post something inaccurate (I made a dumb mistake in a post recently and was quickly corrected<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; Like any hobby or profession, it take&#039;s time to learn and I haven&#039;t found any short cuts in 48 years of collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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