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<p>[QUOTE="jhsmith87, post: 1352879, member: 35701"]thanks guys i cant say you have helped me decide on any thing ha. but you for sure have helped me understand why i feel as lost as i do, its like my own personality.. i like that, alot. your excatly right. i wouldnt go ask some one hey how do i act and what do i say when i take a girl out on a date. haha.. about the errors though. i read many books before i even started looking. i guess i been studying since christmas of 2010 when i got a coin collection book. it was from my girlfriend's mom who didnt have a clue what or if i collected. so to me that was like a gift from my grandmaw still even after she's passed trying to encourage me to gain that passion she had for it. i started with error coins, because i knew i could possibly find some randomly with out having to buy any but there are so many kinds just in double dies. and alot are not even considered errors but damaged. thats the hardest thing for me with the errors, so i kinda gave up A LITTLE i still look close at every coin that hits my hand. but i did buy one coin i moved downtown and i woke up to a lot of noise and i walk downstairs and right out the front door of the entry way was a booth with a man who had just a handfull of coins for sale, it was a flea market and he was the only booth with coins. so i though well i think it is destin that i get me some coins and stop just reading about it. so i bought this 1977 s penny from him for $.50 i looked it up in my book its worth about $3 and that lit a fire under my but ha. but as i looked for errors on it i noticed something was not right about the s but i could find anything to support it. they have a 1979 filled s penny that looks excatly like the s on my penny i have put pics up of it but no one can seem to tell me any thing about it. also i found a 2009 penny that looks like the double dies i see in all the recent double die pics in my books. i also posted but some one said the 2009 is considered damaged some one said it is double die but either way i am still lost on both pennies i really want to know about the s on my 1977. i just have a feeling about this penny for some reason, i mean how i come about getting it just so random like that it being my first coin to collect. do you either of you guys think you could take a look at them if i put a pic up.</p><p><br /></p><p>i am so sorry for going on and on like i am. thank you guys so much this is just the first time i've actually got to have a conversation with a experienced collector about getting me started. thank you so much[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jhsmith87, post: 1352879, member: 35701"]thanks guys i cant say you have helped me decide on any thing ha. but you for sure have helped me understand why i feel as lost as i do, its like my own personality.. i like that, alot. your excatly right. i wouldnt go ask some one hey how do i act and what do i say when i take a girl out on a date. haha.. about the errors though. i read many books before i even started looking. i guess i been studying since christmas of 2010 when i got a coin collection book. it was from my girlfriend's mom who didnt have a clue what or if i collected. so to me that was like a gift from my grandmaw still even after she's passed trying to encourage me to gain that passion she had for it. i started with error coins, because i knew i could possibly find some randomly with out having to buy any but there are so many kinds just in double dies. and alot are not even considered errors but damaged. thats the hardest thing for me with the errors, so i kinda gave up A LITTLE i still look close at every coin that hits my hand. but i did buy one coin i moved downtown and i woke up to a lot of noise and i walk downstairs and right out the front door of the entry way was a booth with a man who had just a handfull of coins for sale, it was a flea market and he was the only booth with coins. so i though well i think it is destin that i get me some coins and stop just reading about it. so i bought this 1977 s penny from him for $.50 i looked it up in my book its worth about $3 and that lit a fire under my but ha. but as i looked for errors on it i noticed something was not right about the s but i could find anything to support it. they have a 1979 filled s penny that looks excatly like the s on my penny i have put pics up of it but no one can seem to tell me any thing about it. also i found a 2009 penny that looks like the double dies i see in all the recent double die pics in my books. i also posted but some one said the 2009 is considered damaged some one said it is double die but either way i am still lost on both pennies i really want to know about the s on my 1977. i just have a feeling about this penny for some reason, i mean how i come about getting it just so random like that it being my first coin to collect. do you either of you guys think you could take a look at them if i put a pic up. i am so sorry for going on and on like i am. thank you guys so much this is just the first time i've actually got to have a conversation with a experienced collector about getting me started. thank you so much[/QUOTE]
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