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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 3670535, member: 91609&quot;][USER=99630]@MCPark82[/USER], OK, you&#039;ve already cleared one of the difficult hurdles - &quot;One of my problems&quot; - admitting you have multiple problems, of with this is one!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You got some good responses, but [USER=77814]@Clawcoins[/USER] hit the nail (or the dime, as the case may be) right on the head!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, there are ways you can shorten the learning curve, &amp; your subsequent enjoyment of your endeavor.&nbsp; Let&#039;s consider the dime you posted here; a well circulated (OK, maybe you don&#039;t have the experience to recognize it as well worn) 52 year old (Oh my god, I graduated high school 52 years ago!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> yikes!) coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chances are, if this coin had &quot;collectability&quot; or &quot;I am special&quot; written all over it, it would have been picked long ago.&nbsp; So, is it possible to find an unaccounted &quot;error&quot; in a 52 yr old coin?&nbsp; Yes, but the probability is likely less than winning the Powerball (have you won it yet?)&nbsp; You are much more likely to find a &quot;discovery&quot; coin, or an &quot;error&quot; coin in more recent issues, those which have NOT had a long time to be picked over.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are also more likely to find anomalies, not in pocket change (albeit, we have just gone through the &quot;Great American Coin Release&quot;, so...), but in hoards which people have collected over the years &amp; are now dumping (agreed, these can be hard to find/ascertain).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now let&#039;s say you can find one &quot;anomaly&quot; per 1,000 coins searched. And, let&#039;s say you only spend 1 minute looking @ each coin (wow, sounds like a TPG), do you have the time to spend more than 16 1/2 hours to find 1 &quot;anomaly&quot; (keep in mind, most &quot;errors&quot; will not have a premium attached; also, I think the 1000/1 ratio is too kind).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, follow the advice given here.&nbsp; Learn (or learn how to look up) the varieties already discovered.&nbsp; Narrow down you search parameters.&nbsp; Keep learning,...keep posting,...you must <b><i>look</i></b>, but you must <u>also</u> <b><i>see</i></b>...there is no wishing or willing it to be!&nbsp; JMHOFWIW!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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