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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ace71499, post: 2108788, member: 56712&quot;]If I were designing a online course for teaching numismatics i would definitly gear it towards errors, but before you learn about errors you would need to know the overview of collecting. Before the first chapter there would be a mini chapter (not that it isn&#039;t important but there isn&#039;t too much info to be had) on handling coins. I&#039;d probably make this section in red text to show how important it is). Probably a couple of pages mostly on how to hold a coin from the rim and care and storage, like a before you can read the book you must read this. There would be (if you think of it like a book) chapters, first chapter being &quot;designs&quot; where all the designs are shown and explained with a little history, so in later chapters when a coin is refered to as &quot;barber&quot; or &quot;seated liberty&quot; you know what is being described. The second chapter would be about the minting process. I feel like it is important to know how a coin is made before you start collecting. The third chapter would be about mintages, mintage figures, and values. I want people to understand that, just becasue a coin has a low mintage doesn&#039;t mean its valuable (supply and demand). The fourth chapter would be about grading coins. It would have examples from every series in every grade. I have the book &quot;The Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins (6th edition)&quot; and i find it very helpful to grade my coins accurately. My former MS 62s became AU 50s <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The fifth chapter would be about errors, but this would take up more than half the book. I would include error name, population figures (like for example in 2004 approximately x amount were minted with this defect with y amount destroyed), full color pictures, and most importantly how it happened. When you know how something happened you tend to remember and learn it better. (i.e. The war ended in 2016, the war ended in 2016 because the British surrendered). There would be various pictures for each error, in different denominations. It would be a helpful resource for collectors new and old. The sixth chapter would include a cherry pickers guide, but not a full on cherry pickers guide, just a &quot;things to look out for&quot; section. Commonly missed things by old (old as experience not age) collectors. The seventh chapter would include things to look for that show a coin is fake (lots of pictures also). After every chapter there would be a quiz with questions pertaining to the topic. Like for errors it would be pictures and you would have to find out which error it is etc. And then at the end there would be a glossary for coin terms like DDR, ANA, obverse, numismatics, capped die, mintage, etc. All the words you need to know to be a collector. There would also be links to Cointalk at the end because I&#039;ve learned so much here that if the &quot;student&quot; needed help i know they&#039;d be in the right hands.</p><p>This is for the YN contest</p><p>Very fun contest!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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