I am not only new, also I only began collecting coins about 6 months ago.
It's been an adventure. I feel like I am in kindergarten because there is a wealth of things any new collector must know, including:
1. Don't clean coins other than mild soap,air dry,let professionals clean a very valuable coin
2. a new collector should concentrate on one type of coin because even with Lincoln cents there are transitionals, doubled die,
WAM,CAM(reversed for proof in 1999-s,2000-s), small date,large date, mint repunches, mules, and so on.
3. I don't agree with the premise that just because you are new to numismatics, then you should not GET LUCKY and find fabulous coins.
4.Currently I have a coin being graded by PGCS that has the reverse of a previous year, the very first.
Today I found a coin that according to John A. Wexler has several types of
DDO's, but there is none in existence with doubling on the reverse.
But now there is, I understand the serifs must be split, the doubling will be round not flat and most of the time true doubled dies can not be eyeballed, although this one can.
Here's the kicker, it's als a
DDO and will be graded probably MS-67,67+ and perhaps even MS-68.
Without any doubling, it is still a registry type coin.
Until I have it certified, PCGS, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I SHOW PICTURES, it will just be another penny.
So I don't mean to seem arrogant, I am not. And for beginners, of course it is exciting to think you may find an unusual coin, doubled dies are usually the first thing new collectors look for and probably the one hardest to understand.
I know the flat shelves you see pretty much on all new coins made me think I had a doubled die.
I read a lot, studied Wexler's Error Coins and Youtube posters like BlueRidge and CoinOpps have been very educational.
As a new poster and fairly new collector,please be patient with us, remember when any discovery excited you long ago.
Posted 07/11/2017 8:35 pm
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