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Hello and thank you for taking the time to read/help me in this post.
To start my name is jeremiah and obviously I love to collect coins since I am paying this on this website :).
But the thing is I have been collecting coins for quite some time now at least it feels like it had been some time to me lol. Any who I am Fairley new to the error coin area, over the time I've been collecting I have acquired many many silver coins, the older sort of coins, all the way from barber and walking liberty quarters/ benjamin and Kennedy half dollars/mercury dimes and so on for each denomination all the way up to what I think are some pretty good valuable error coins. But this is when the problem comes in I am a cashier so I come across large large amounts of coins daily I have such a big amount of coins I need to go through just to look at under magnification just to be able to confirm that they are in fact a error coin.

Basically what I am posting this for is I am requesting that someone, anyone that is familiar with error coins and could throw some suggestions to me or tips/advice.? Maybe recommended magnifying tools, the most valuable state error coins or lincoln cents.

Thank you again for taking the time to read this post and I'm open to anything anyone has to say or offer.

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I recommend that you read a book on mint errors and here's the book I recommend and you can buy it here http://amzn.to/2fBjzKG

It is well worth the price and will save you a bunch of time and disappointment.
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Thank you. I will look into getting the book here soon o actually already have "the official red book" in route to be delivered to me right now. Would you have any suggestions for magnifying tools to help you find our maybe easier spot a double die?

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Daniel wrote:I recommend that you read a book on mint errors and here's the book I recommend and you can buy it here http://amzn.to/2fBjzKG

It is well worth the price and will save you a bunch of time and disappointment.

Thank you. I will look into getting the book here soon o actually already have "the official red book" in route to be delivered to me right now. Would you have any suggestions for magnifying tools to help you find our maybe easier spot a double die?

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I use a triplet loupe and here's the link http://amzn.to/2gM5Aa0

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Daniel wrote:I use a triplet loupe and here's the link http://amzn.to/2gM5Aa0
What magnification x do you have? Also how do you go about getting the perfect picture of coins that you may come across that are in fact true error coins. As in if you had a 1964-d rosevelt dime DDR, (which I have) but my magnification tool I use isn't quite good enough to 100% verify that it isn't machine doubling.

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I use 10x. If you can't see it with 5 to 10x then it's not significant. Most doubled dies are not significant and are only worth a small premium. Look at CONECA's variety vista.

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mhonzell wrote:Howdy and welcome!
Hello and thank you for the welcome. Ik this post is old but how do I go about making a new post it seems or is not allowing me to create a"new topic"

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Send me a PM if you still can't post new topic.

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j_a/forever wrote:Ik this post is old but how do I go about making a new post it seems or is not allowing me to create a"new topic"

I'm a frequent flyer here and I forget how to create a new topic on occasion. It's just too easy to reply to everyone else's comments. But, back to the quote...

Just select any of the Forum topics from the Board Index page, such as "Introduce Yourself" or "General US Coin Forum". If you are logged in, then the New Topic button will be near the top left.
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mhonzell wrote:
j_a/forever wrote:Ik this post is old but how do I go about making a new post it seems or is not allowing me to create a"new topic"

I'm a frequent flyer here and I forget how to create a new topic on occasion. It's just too easy to reply to everyone else's comments. But, back to the quote...

Just select any of the Forum topics from the Board Index page, such as "Introduce Yourself" or "General US Coin Forum". If you are logged in, then the New Topic button will be near the top left.
Got it perfect thank you

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I have a 1972d quarter dollar could someone tell me anything about it

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What do you want to know?
When questions are about a specific coin, we need a picture of both front and back.
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Daniel wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:31 am I use 10x. If you can't see it with 5 to 10x then it's not significant. Most doubled dies are not significant and are only worth a small premium. Look at CONECA's variety vista.
i have been told by "THEM", that if you can't hugeeyes it clearly under 7X mag,.....then it's too minor !!
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