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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3813934, member: 27832&quot;]On the other hand, I just picked up <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n37a10.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n37a10.html" rel="nofollow">a classic book (circa 1965)</a> on coin &quot;varieties and oddities&quot;, written by one Frank Spadone. It lists a great number of coins with machine doubling or other forms of damage, along with fanciful premium values for them. I understand that Mr. Spadone was in the business of selling such coins. He apparently found a publisher, or a series of publishers, who weren&#039;t concerned about the truth of his claims as long as the book sold well.</p><p><br /></p><p>More recently, I remember the &quot;ancient astronaut&quot; excitement in the 1970s. Lots of books, making lots of fanciful claims -- and they consistently sold <i>much better</i> than any books pointing out that the claims were garbage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Misinformation wasn&#039;t conceived on the Internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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