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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1699563, member: 29751"]Yes, I sent a very friendly note back to the person who asked the question explaining what a doubled die was, how it affected the coins struck, and included a link to a numismatic site with more information. </p><p><br /></p><p>My point was that if you're a newbie you shouldn't be looking at coins in the $250+ range in esoteric niche collecting arenas. I was happy to offer information about the particular coin, but what I don't understand is why people can't use Google. 90% of the questions I see posted on forums and elsewhere could be answered with a little leg-work and effort on the part of the person asking the question. People are immeasurably lazy when it comes to doing a little research on their own before immediately posting a question or asking a question that makes them look ignorant and helpless.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, it's a double<u><b>d</b></u> die, not a "double" die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1699563, member: 29751"]Yes, I sent a very friendly note back to the person who asked the question explaining what a doubled die was, how it affected the coins struck, and included a link to a numismatic site with more information. My point was that if you're a newbie you shouldn't be looking at coins in the $250+ range in esoteric niche collecting arenas. I was happy to offer information about the particular coin, but what I don't understand is why people can't use Google. 90% of the questions I see posted on forums and elsewhere could be answered with a little leg-work and effort on the part of the person asking the question. People are immeasurably lazy when it comes to doing a little research on their own before immediately posting a question or asking a question that makes them look ignorant and helpless. By the way, it's a double[U][B]d[/B][/U] die, not a "double" die.[/QUOTE]
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