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John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/27/2015 6:31 pm Thanks to Mike for the help. thryan9, What's the back story on this coin,how did you get it? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
thryan9 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 01/27/2015 7:02 pm This coin was part of a large collection of my Great Grandfathers. I believe he was actively collecting in the 20's and 30's. Most of his collection was auctioned off in the 60's. I have the unsorted minors and junk (not to me!), mostly world coins. As any coin collector would, I believe he kept any error that he came across. Of all of the Lincoln cents that I have (maybe 50), about 20 are errors. I am trying to learn as much about what I have as I can. Some to sell, and some to keep. Report this Post to the Staff
thryan9 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 01/27/2015 7:25 pm I would like to add: I started organizing and identifying this collection about 25 years ago using the Standard Catalog of World Coins. It was difficult and time consuming, but totally turned me into a numismatist. I have loved this hobby ever since. I actually set it all aside for the last 15 years because I found identifying everything was just too hard. That is a very different story today. With Google, the information is much more available. But the CCF has been the most amazing community of experts and knowledge. I can't say enough about how cool this forum is. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/27/2015 8:02 pm You probably have your Grandfathers genes for collecting. I have the bug from one of my Grandfathers. Report this Post to the Staff
thryan9 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 01/27/2015 8:07 pm I do Coop. I never met the man, he died 7 years before I was born. But with his collection, I feel a very close bond to him. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/28/2015 07:41 am thryan9, unsorted minors and junk (not to me!), I am glad to here (read ) that. mostly world coins: have you seen this site? http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/ Can you post pics of the other errors please? John1 Edited by John1 01/28/2015 07:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
thryan9 Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 01/28/2015 08:06 am Sure, I could post them here or start a new thread. I have new lenses for my iPhone, so I'm working on better photography right now. I've also found many world coins with cracked and/or worn dies. I wonder if that was something he liked or if they are simply part of the world coin population. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/28/2015 08:23 am Try and use one coin per thread and put the date/mint mark on the title. That way anyone wanting to search for that thread will have an easier time finding it. Report this Post to the Staff
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