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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 7981727, member: 59677&quot;][USER=128692]@Trace_Shea[/USER] well, you&#039;ve passed the 1st test - not a 1-hit wonder. So let&#039;s start the education process...</p><p><br /></p><p>/1/ This board tends to frown on people hijacking other people&#039;s threads, with a preference that you start your own. Other boards like it when people continue even if it&#039;s only tangentially related. We don&#039;t - different coin, different thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>/2/ If you are going to collect errors, invest in a scale. It&#039;s important. Amazon, fleaBay or <a href="https://www.oldwillknottscales.com/weight-scale-finder.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.oldwillknottscales.com/weight-scale-finder.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.oldwillknottscales.com/weight-scale-finder.html</a></p><p>0.01g is perfect, 0.1g is ok, 1g accuracy is useless. At the more accurate, OWK has 6 options under $20.</p><p><br /></p><p>/3/ Terminology - a lot is going to get thrown at you, but the more you learn and use the right terminology, the better your questions will be and thus the better your answers...</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a Mintmark not a Mint Stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>/4/ Pictures are critical. They don&#039;t have to be WONDERFUL, just decent. Typically we want a full shot of the obverse (face) and reverse (back) plus closeups of any detail you think is important. Try for 1 or 2 well lit, not twenty.</p><p><br /></p><p>/5/ <a href="https://error-ref.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://error-ref.com/" rel="nofollow">https://error-ref.com/</a> is a site built by the best in the business and will often answer your question before you ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>/6/ Magic words (this is back to #3) there is a lot of information out there, but only if you can find it, and to find it you usually need the right search term.</p><p><br /></p><p>From your description, Google for &quot;Spooned coin&quot; and &quot;Dryer coin&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>/7/ Don&#039;t argue. It&#039;s ok to ask for more or additional information, but you ask questions to learn from others.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they offer an opinion and you argue with them...</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have thicker skins than others, but eventually, you can annoy even the most patient, at which point you will be put on ignore and lose access to resources you can only dream of.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have already had responses from two of the best amateurs in the business. There are people on this board who literally write the column in the coin magazines or are the experts that PCGS, NGC, and ANACS send coins to when they aren&#039;t sure. They are incredibly giving of their time and expertise, but we try not to overwhelm them.</p><p><br /></p><p>/8/ Have fun. If it isn&#039;t fun, it&#039;s not a hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>-----Burton[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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