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<p>[QUOTE="gronnh20, post: 4146652, member: 73224"]Most error coins you find from circulating coinage is not going to bring in the big bucks. Even if you find an error coin in your pocket change it needs to be a high grade coin or an error that doesn't need magnification. The hobby right now is not really supporting modern day circulated coinage. Most serious collectors in the hobby willing to pay big bucks for coins want high grade coins. Errors or otherwise. </p><p><br /></p><p>You want to find errors? Look through as many circulated dollar coins that you get from the bank. Out of all of the recent error coins these have produced the most profitable of modern coins. And it won't be some common missing edge lettering. There are only a couple worthy die varieties in common circulating coinage that will command money in high grades. The 1995 and 1995-D Lincoln cent DDOs come to mind. Or the CAM and WAM cents. Still those coins have been in circulation over 25 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your better bet is to pull coins out of circulation that look like they just came from the Mint. No marks or scratches, fingerprints and real shiny. Unless you are getting boxes of coins from the bank, these brand new coins are not so common in your pocket. This means going through thousands of coins if you don't go to the bank. People are more successful selling brand new rolls of coins from the bank to collectors than looking for rare errors or die varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gronnh20, post: 4146652, member: 73224"]Most error coins you find from circulating coinage is not going to bring in the big bucks. Even if you find an error coin in your pocket change it needs to be a high grade coin or an error that doesn't need magnification. The hobby right now is not really supporting modern day circulated coinage. Most serious collectors in the hobby willing to pay big bucks for coins want high grade coins. Errors or otherwise. You want to find errors? Look through as many circulated dollar coins that you get from the bank. Out of all of the recent error coins these have produced the most profitable of modern coins. And it won't be some common missing edge lettering. There are only a couple worthy die varieties in common circulating coinage that will command money in high grades. The 1995 and 1995-D Lincoln cent DDOs come to mind. Or the CAM and WAM cents. Still those coins have been in circulation over 25 years. Your better bet is to pull coins out of circulation that look like they just came from the Mint. No marks or scratches, fingerprints and real shiny. Unless you are getting boxes of coins from the bank, these brand new coins are not so common in your pocket. This means going through thousands of coins if you don't go to the bank. People are more successful selling brand new rolls of coins from the bank to collectors than looking for rare errors or die varieties.[/QUOTE]
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