I'm totally new to coin collecting. A dear friend of mine deals in coins, jewelry, gold etc and so one day I literally said to my dad maybe I need to start looking through my change as I picked up two coins a nickel and a penny from my cup holder in my vehicle. At the time I was also talking to this friend of mine on the phone and via Bluetooth read out what the coins were which I do not recall now what they were but he told me they were both great coins and that was a sign for me to keep doing this and I've been hooked now for a week. Naturally though since I've been a registered nurse for 15 years and family nurse practitioner for 9 years if there is any mint error involving Lincoln's, Jefferson's, etc face I make it out to be "oh that's a laceration", "this one is a gun shot at close range" etc; I know that's terrible but the medical field after so long warps your mind and sense of humor lol. Really look forward to learning from everyone. Happy hunting!!