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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2003001, member: 66"]It really depends on how major an error you are hoping to find. Grease fills and MAD coins are very common and you have a fairly good chance at finding one of those. Minor die chips such as clogged mintmarks are also common. Die cracks can often be found especially on Memorial cents. Clashed dies, or overpolished dies to remove clashes. All of these can be found fairly easily and have little or no value. Then on pre-80's coins repunched D's are a possibility. Most are very close and most of them are not worth much.</p><p><br /></p><p>More major errors such as clipped planchets, off-centers, multiple strikes, off-metal strikes, etc are a lot rarer and while it may be possible to find them in a random group of pocket change the odds against it are a LOT higher. More like the lottery (Not the grand prize, but matching four or five numbers) By all means search, just don't make any plans on what you are going to spend your profits on.</p><p><br /></p><p>And machine doubling is not considered an error, it is a form of damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2003001, member: 66"]It really depends on how major an error you are hoping to find. Grease fills and MAD coins are very common and you have a fairly good chance at finding one of those. Minor die chips such as clogged mintmarks are also common. Die cracks can often be found especially on Memorial cents. Clashed dies, or overpolished dies to remove clashes. All of these can be found fairly easily and have little or no value. Then on pre-80's coins repunched D's are a possibility. Most are very close and most of them are not worth much. More major errors such as clipped planchets, off-centers, multiple strikes, off-metal strikes, etc are a lot rarer and while it may be possible to find them in a random group of pocket change the odds against it are a LOT higher. More like the lottery (Not the grand prize, but matching four or five numbers) By all means search, just don't make any plans on what you are going to spend your profits on. And machine doubling is not considered an error, it is a form of damage.[/QUOTE]
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