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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 24905147, member: 20201&quot;]I see so many new people get into coins and miss the point entirely. They see some Utoob videos or posts about legitimate varieties or errors and off to the races they go.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #b30000"><b>There could be thousands in your pocket change!</b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Not that there is anything wrong with collecting errors or varieties, but unless people gain the necessary knowledge on how coins are made for themselves in the first place, they will wander around in the dark asking a million questions about </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">What kind of error is this?</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">When all they have is a common coin that lay on the parking lot, was played with idle hands or looks just plain funny in color.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Soon after trying the patience of the collectors with new thread after thread about post mint damaged coins or worn out dies and wishing hard enough for that big find, they lose interest all together.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Unfortunately, they miss the point and the fun and excitement of collecting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I no longer respond to threads from hunters that have not taken the time to learn for themselves. Haven&#039;t for a long time and I rarely even read them, sorry.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">There&#039;s a lot to be said for learning about the mint process and exactly how a clip, a cud, an off center, a double struck, or a REAL doubled die is created in the first place.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I have collected coins for over 50 years and it was most beneficial for me to assemble simple sets or pull the very best examples I could find of normal coins first when going through change.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I learned what made one coin</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">unusually better than the next, whether it was condition or a less often seen date or mint mark on a coin.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I joined a coin club back in those days. We didn&#039;t have internet, just books or magazines.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Once in a while I &#039;d find a coin that looked odd.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I too thought I might have something good here but when I was told by a fellow what I really had, I learned what it was I really had and why.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Eventually, I began to understand what could and couldn&#039;t happen at the mint and how errors and varieties happen.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Just saying, learn the minting process first and the hunt will be a lot more rewarding and fun.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I am not really much of an error/variety collector myself except for when I find a new example that I can add to my Jefferson nickel set. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1600788[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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