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<p>[QUOTE="SPP Ottawa, post: 1565647, member: 39508"]My intent is not driven by profit, otherwise I would not share and publish my findings. It is driven by wondering why, asking questions and thinking how to answer those questions, and bringing a bit of science to a wonderful hobby. Part of the reason why I started this thread, was to see if any advanced error collectors here, or through a contact within the US, have already given this topic some or any thought and/or research. I prefer to do my homework first, so that if I decide to study this aspect of US coins, I don't step on any toes or unnecessarily re-invent the wheel... ultimately, I intend to write a paper, whereby those who are interested can have some interesting data to compare to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins are a fascinating hobby - some people like to dive into details about the dies, machine doubling or different die matrices and hubs for tracking coins, other people, like me, wonder how the coins were made, what they were made of, and nuances therein - to each their own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SPP Ottawa, post: 1565647, member: 39508"]My intent is not driven by profit, otherwise I would not share and publish my findings. It is driven by wondering why, asking questions and thinking how to answer those questions, and bringing a bit of science to a wonderful hobby. Part of the reason why I started this thread, was to see if any advanced error collectors here, or through a contact within the US, have already given this topic some or any thought and/or research. I prefer to do my homework first, so that if I decide to study this aspect of US coins, I don't step on any toes or unnecessarily re-invent the wheel... ultimately, I intend to write a paper, whereby those who are interested can have some interesting data to compare to. Coins are a fascinating hobby - some people like to dive into details about the dies, machine doubling or different die matrices and hubs for tracking coins, other people, like me, wonder how the coins were made, what they were made of, and nuances therein - to each their own.[/QUOTE]
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