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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3173191, member: 92083&quot;]Ok, perfect. I am really trying to be professional and accurate. I don&#039;t like people who are too lazy to verify things or do research. I can&#039;t tell you how many articles I read to get a better understanding of even simple terminology. (I have to say Fred Weinberg&#039;s book on the 100 Greatest Mint Errors was the best to help solidify what I already knew and was written in very clear language. I can&#039;t possibly recommend it any more highly as it was not only informative but entertaining to see so many fantastic pieces all in one publication.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My goal for the book I am writng about error coins is to explain things in such a way that a non-collector (or non-error collector) can read it and have an understanding of what happened to cause an error. (What causes rolled-thin/thick planchets, broadstrikes, off centers, wrong planchet, missing or struck clad layers, wrong metal, wrong stock, unstruck planchets, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>To do this right, I had to read dozens of articles on how they are made from the coiled rolls of unpunched metal right to the point of being packed in rolls to be shipped to federal reserve banks. In reading the many resources, I noticed many wrote under the assumption that one knows terms, and some were being used interchangeably, which became very frustrating. (Again, Fred&#039;s book is one publication where nothing confused me and terms were used consistently throughout.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So for my book, I wanted to fix those problems. I ask questions right in the text that an observer might be thinking to himself/herself and then I provide an answer. I show clear, high-definition photographs and use arrows to direct the attention of the reader (if the error isn&#039;t blatantly obvious) and in many cases I even provide comparison photographs of non-errors. Important terms to know that will help them understand are in bold print. Basically, I assume the reader knows nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the things I try do includes clearing up terms that people confuse. For example, the difference between clad and alloy coins, blanks and planchets, rims and edges, obverse and reverse, fields and devices, varieties vs. errors, and coin series vs. types among many other terms. I also diagram information on slab labels, provide anatomy of coins with easy-to-understand obverse and reverse photographs, how the Sheldon scale works, and why assigning grades and condition is much more difficult and subjective for error coins than for non-errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>It started out just with me just wanting to catalog my error collection and then it quickly morphed into a photographic reference book. I contacted Heritage auctions and they gave me permission to use many of their non-error photographs to show comparisons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m hoping to have this done before Thanksgiving as it took a lot longer than I expected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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