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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 707219, member: 16510"]But look how much you are leaving out.  But look how much you are leaving out.any error from the mint of any kind is an error ,??? Of course on the surface this is correct but it does nothing to further education in the least.  Given your theory every single coin would be an error because every single coin has a defect, well 99.9999% of them anyway.  That explanation helps us little. An error that has value on the other hand is a coin that was not (by mint standards) supposed to get out.  That's what makes them collectible and valuble.  The very fact that if given the chance the mint would not have allowed the coin to get coin out and it did not meet production standards.It's about how much did not meet production standards that creates it's value and how few of them have been made and "let out".Many on here wonder about a "what's an error" and "what's not" believe me you will know when you find one 99% of the time.Instead of nit-picking every little thing you see why not get "The Error Coin Encyclopeidia" by Margolis or many other books and learn what one isand why it's collectible and rare and thus valuble.When you make a statement like "every error is a mint error" I feel like we are back in the dark ages and still clubbing our women.Also when you see members on here that know more than most, have studied long and hard, are respected and have contributed greatly to the hobby why not learn how to listen to them - they may not always be right but they probably forgot more than most of the folks on here ever knew.  To demand hury up answers, challenge experts and make staements that say nothing contributes little except to add confusion and dissent.  It also quite quickly shows your own hand and does nothing to further your (respected) future here.[/QUOTE]

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