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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeekerxofxTruth, post: 2956586, member: 91788&quot;]This is what I worried about as a new member here. I have a million questions and see things that I think are errors or at least make me curious. But I don&#039;t have a buddy coin collector I can pester for info. Or the money to pay someone to tell me I was wrong and here is my bag of run-o-the-mint pennies back. I&#039;m already catching looks from the old lady for the time I&#039;m spending staring at nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I try to check things online. And am slowly educating myself on the terminology. Clash scratch chip oil ccw of 5 degrees at 12 o&#039;clock. It can be a lot to digest. It has definitely grabbed my interest though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also looking at every coin I get my hands on and when I see something that looks off to me I try and look up that year mint ECT for errors. I try to check for die markers and I&#039;ve thought I had several coins that lined up. Then I snap pics and cross reference those with examples and think I&#039;ve got a match so I post it online to check with experts such as yourselves in a forum I thought was meant for such things. Probably at least a few hours of examining goes into each post</p><p><br /></p><p>And someone replies &quot;no&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Or can be a bit insulting at times. So when there is no explanation or I&#039;m worried they just haven&#039;t seen what I&#039;m trying to ask about I ask questions and maybe try and post a pic from a different angle. I think it has come off as argumentative at times but really I&#039;m hoping someone has the time to maybe explain it to me so I can learn. I&#039;m searching for some sort of clarity as to why I&#039;m wrong. I also have no idea who anyone is. As was mentioned earlier in this thread the net can be a double edged sword. Just because someone replies doesn&#039;t mean they know what they are talking about. I don&#039;t mean to disrespect anyone&#039;s knowledge of the hobby but my ignorance also extends to who you are and whether your answer can be trusted.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>Is there a better place for newbs to post questions? I understand my own lack of knowledge added to the masses can get frustrating and wonder if &quot;error coins&quot; is the right spot to post my inquiries[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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