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Hi all. I have been doing lots of research and still having a hard time with things to look for when looking at my coins. I feel like I think 90% of the coins I have, have something special about them lol. Any tips as To how to differentiate PMD from errors? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Well 99% of coin with incuse marks are damaged coins. 1% are mint errors. People think like this:  |
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Quote: Any tips as To how to differentiate PMD from errors? I recommend starting by looking at the past 50 threads in this subforum. Looks at the OP's coin, form an initial opinion, and then read through the thread as folks weigh in. Sometimes the replies are more descriptive, but in this way you should start to get a feeling for what is damage vs. mint error. Along the way, feel free to post a coin or two with your preliminary assessment and then see how you did. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Quote:Hi all. I have been doing lots of research and still having a hard time with things to look for when looking at my coins. I feel like I think 90% of the coins I have, have something special about them lol. Any tips as To how to differentiate PMD from errors? The only tip I can give you is practice looking at as many legitimate errors and PMD coins as possible. Go through all the error forum threads on this forum, look at all the pictures and read the explanations. You will eventually be able to tell the difference. It doesn't happen overnight. It all depends on how interested, committed and dedicated you are to learning. Post some of the coins you have questions about and see what type of responses you get. Good luck! |
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First clue: The rim on the coin is bent.
Second clue: The coin is bent.
Third clue: The edge is bent and the and if it has reeds/no reeds edge on it, they are pushed inwards.
Fourth clue: The bust or the design on the highest points, has big incuse marks on the coin.
Discolored/altered/split plated coins/indents from contact/BB gun coins, shot coins, I toss back into circulation. They have been damaged. Just because it looks different, doesn't make it a premium coin.
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I agree, reading through pages here will help tremendously. Become familiar with error coin terms (and look them up in the search box in the upper left hand corner on every page here in CCF). Don't be afraid of asking questions and learn to take good photos of your coins. And too, importantly, realise not every coin is an error coin! Have fun!  to the CCF!  |
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I suggest looking up various errors and varieties on websites like error-ref, variety vista, wexler's die varieties, etc. to get a sense of what the real things actually look like. Most of the commonly encountered errors and varieties fall into a fairly small number of types.
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Quote:Hi all. I have been doing lots of research and still having a hard time with things to look for when looking at my coins. I feel like I think 90% of the coins I have, have something special about them lol. Any tips as To how to differentiate PMD from errors? So Courtneydoit, what do you think of the feedback you have received so far? |
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