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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7787772, member: 24314&quot;]Mac McDonald, posted: &quot;Well...what have we learned, here...?&nbsp; &quot;It&#039;s an error&quot;...&quot;it&#039;s not an error&quot;...&quot;it&#039;s an error&quot;...&quot;it&#039;s not an error&quot;...etc, etc.&nbsp; Understand debate and disagreement, differing opinions, et al, but maybe it doesn&#039;t really matter.&nbsp; If it does matter for some reason, what do the almighty TPGs have to say about it, what it is, etc...? Bet between themselves and even internally, they differ/disagree, also...so back to square one...! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, only someone who cannot read will return to square one.&nbsp; I believe that the two members throwing spit balls in this thread are in 100% agreement!&nbsp; Ideally, the Mint wishes to produce a perfectly made coin in all its attributes.&nbsp; That is extremely hard to do considering the numbers of coins they make.&nbsp; Therefore, IMO, <b>anything out of the norm can be considered a mint error. </b>&nbsp; We have been writing about a coin made with splits in the copper plating.&nbsp; The coin is abnormal and therefore it is an error.&nbsp; I believe these are referred to a &quot;plating ERRORS.&quot;&nbsp; The disagreement between us is because making a big thing about about split plating IMO, is off track.&nbsp; Explain what it is and how it happens.&nbsp; Then let folks collect it while the market puts a value on it - currently not much.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JCro57, posted &quot;Insider (Skip),</p><p><br /></p><p>You never disappoint when it comes to being cocky, rude, and with an extra helping of condescending arrogance.&nbsp; [<i><span style="color: #660033">Thank you, but I don&#039;t deserve to be described in the same way Joe Namath was before he won the Super Bowl</span></i>]. Thankfully the real professionals both in the nature of their work and personalities in the &quot;error-sphere&quot; - Fred, Jon S., Ken Potter, Mike Diamond, etc. - are nothing like you and promote the hobby with their genuine kindness and sense of purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for the record, perhaps you should focus less on being cocky and spend more time learning how to identify a genuine unplated cent. The one below is perhaps the easiest call one could make, yet it got slabbed as genuine. Several more from ICG exist in genuine slabs as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Before making any more ignorant assumptions, you should know that I don&#039;t have the final word on minting errors.&nbsp; I have learned NOT to certify any unplated cents unless they have a frosty original as struck surface.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>At least I have the confidence to accept my analysis is simply an opinion - a way to provide a little more clarity to identify and catalog errors. I don&#039;t get mad if someone chooses not to accept my view on things. I also am humble enough to admit when I am proven wrong. True learning is acknowledging and accepting one&#039;s mistakes, and to move forward with the benefit of the overall learning experience. </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">This paragraph describes me also you&#039;ve saved me a lot of my time </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as that &quot;Talent on Loan from God,&quot; well, you might need a little more humility in your life than talent.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">So, rather than condemning a coin in a slab that you never had the chance to examine in-hand, perhaps you can actually add something to this thread besides a book advertisement <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />D<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I shall get a copy for the office). </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Now, will you please tell all of us <b>EACH STEP</b> you go through to authenticate an unplated/part plated Zinc cent when you actually have one in hand.&nbsp; Then, I&#039;m sure we all would appreciate knowing why the coin you feature as an altered coin in an ICG slab is not genuine.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">PS I&#039;ve tagged you on another thread and hope you will add your comments.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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