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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 5168904, member: 84179"][USER=114984]@Teran[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>If you're going to continue to search for errors, i strongly recommend taking some time to learn the minting and die making process. Here is a link to start</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology" rel="nofollow">https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You're going to find a lot more damaged coins than errors. Even minor errors that have no added value like small die cracks and chips aren't easy to find. The trick is being able to differentiate between a real error and PMD.</p><p><br /></p><p>You've been posting a lot of damaged coins, which isn't a problem. That's how you learn. However, when a consensus of members tell you it's PMD, there is a very high probability it's PMD. If you continually challenge them without providing an explanation of how you believe it occurred during the minting process, you'll just end up on a lot of Ignore lists, and that won't help you learn and grow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion trying to help out a new collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 5168904, member: 84179"][USER=114984]@Teran[/USER] If you're going to continue to search for errors, i strongly recommend taking some time to learn the minting and die making process. Here is a link to start [URL]https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology[/URL] You're going to find a lot more damaged coins than errors. Even minor errors that have no added value like small die cracks and chips aren't easy to find. The trick is being able to differentiate between a real error and PMD. You've been posting a lot of damaged coins, which isn't a problem. That's how you learn. However, when a consensus of members tell you it's PMD, there is a very high probability it's PMD. If you continually challenge them without providing an explanation of how you believe it occurred during the minting process, you'll just end up on a lot of Ignore lists, and that won't help you learn and grow. Just my opinion trying to help out a new collector.[/QUOTE]
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