yup had one, then the boys learned how to make ants curl up and pop, now I dont sound like a good idea...while you are walking around with one hand tied up holding the beer I will have both hands free to snatch up the good deals.... As you read farther up in the thread I have really never collected coins, just never spent the ones that caught my eye, I've kept a jar in the closet to throw them in and never inquired about them until one day I was looking through my stash came across my dime that I've had "86" (which is in another thread, under 1986 dime any info) and logged on and was told it might be a broad strike error, since then I picked up the Lincoln Cents, not looking to make major purchases, just looking for some older monies to leave for the kids. I know none of the lingo used for coins, but have gotten some great answers for the ?'s I've asked and might do some follow up or maybe not, but I have the info to do so, just not enough time, with my 6:30-3:00 and and the money I've saved by firing the landscaper and doing the yard work myself, I realized 13 days ago that I had started on my third million.....wow, then my wife told me that we gave up on the first 2.... all bs aside I thank all of you that are and were forthcoming with answers, and will probably be back with more ?'s, I do take a look at the new posts regularly in hopes of doing a some learning Again Thanks to you all for the help John
johndo: Just for your information as someone already noted try coppercoins.com. Better yet try to find a copy of one of the books writtem by that guy from coppercoins.com. They are called Looking Through Lincolns. The reason I say this is I go to about 4 or more coin shows a month and a really big increase is noticed for error coins. And since just about the whole world collects pennies (cents), there are a lots of error coins and you may have some and not even know it. For instance if you look through the Red Book there is a section that describes some of the type of errors you may encounter. In that book or web site from coppercoins they only cover a small variety of Lincoln cents that are the most sought after. However, with the increase in error coin collectors even slight offsets are beginning to bring a few dollars. Enlarged rims, doubled of rims, missing letters and numbers, faded or extra heavy letters, etc. It could be profitable or just fun but keep on looking.
