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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim M, post: 1814915, member: 4791&quot;]Knowing Potter or being a member of CONECA certainly does not make one an expert in errors and varieties.. for that matter nor does 40+ years in the hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m just a greenhorn as I like to call it.&nbsp; I actually only know of a few (VERY FEW) experts in this E/V hobby.&nbsp; Could probably list them on one hand.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are many out there (here) who have certainly garnered respect in the EV hobby however.&nbsp;&nbsp; Does any of them know it all?&nbsp; NOPE..&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My first thought when I look at a coin is.. How in the minting process could this have happened?&nbsp; I bet Mike and Bill both think the same thing..&nbsp; Alot of times looking on forums at Pictures its hard to see depth, true color, lots of things so its a guessing game on alot of it.&nbsp; But other times perhaps Bill, Mike or whoever has seen numerous coins of the same variety and know what it is even with a bad picture.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Whats hard on the hobby is people stating what it is and being 100% wrong then getting called out and not liking that they too are not &quot;experts&quot; even though they have been collecting for over 6 weeks already.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hardest part of this hobby is trying to figure out HOW it happened.&nbsp; I get asked a lot of questions like..&nbsp;&nbsp; What caused it?&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, thats a great question..&nbsp; perhaps a big red dog ate the coin and since the dog had worms it was scrapeing its rear end on the pavement when it passed the coin.. how the heck do I know what caused PMD..&nbsp; sometimes it obvious,&nbsp; jewelry encased, Drill bit, square nail etc.. other times..&nbsp; be a good story teller. </p><p>: )...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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