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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3240898, member: 66"]I think a lot of new people were brought in by the state quarter program but when they finished that and then found that pretty much every thing since 1965 can be easily found, and it really isn't possible to find valuable date and mint combinations of older coins in change.  So they went to the only things that ARE possible to find which are errors.  MOST of which are minor and of little value.  But there IS still the possibility of finding valuable error coins in pocket change.  Back in the 1950's collectors scoured their change looking for the 1909 SVDB or 14 D cent.  Almost no one ever found one but every now and then Fortune would smile on someone.  Today they are looking for 1972 or 95 DDO cents, 1992 Close AM's, 1999 Wide AM's etc.  And every now and then, but rarely, Fortune smiles.  You're NOT going to "Strike it Rich", but as they say with the lottery, you can't win if you don't play. The problem is we get inundated with questions about the minor stuff and even more so simply damaged coins.[/QUOTE]