sorry forgot to post the nickels 0

[Bill Wynn]

On 4/18/2022 at 10:38 AM, Hoghead515 said:

I agree with Kurt on that one. Its hard telling how many people get scammed everyday not knowing it. And they get away with it. Very sad and wish more could be done but we try to educate people on here to try to keep from being scammed. Thats why everyone is saying to educate yourself before making a purchace. Its the only defence we have aginst counterfeits, price gougers, and other problem coins for now.  Also gotta watch because counterfeits are being sold around every corner. Its aginst Ebays rules to post counterfeits but people still do. They cant keep up with what every seller puts on there. Usually if people spot them and report them they will take them down. A few of us on here report them when we spot them. They counterfeit about every type of coin but be wary of key dates and rare coins. Just from my experience, dont know from others, seems like I mostly see Morgan Dollars. Not saying they are the most counterfeited, they may be, but its mostly what I encounter. Those and draped bust dollars. But theres several others I dont usually look at and thats probably why. Im just focusing my interest in certain types of coins for now. I will probably encounter several other types when I start expanding into other areas. Also beware of people selling Doubled Die coins raw. Ive seen several selling strike doubling coins as true ddo coins for a hefty premium. If you get into buying errors then you better really study the differance in dd and md. Md is worthless doubling and we see it on here almost everyday. Not knowing no better its hard to tell the difference until you educate yourself well in that area. Good luck and hope this helps.

 

[Bill Wynn]

this is really a great group of people....I do appreciate all the excellent advice, opinions and comments....I am one of those people that goes through my change every once in a while and find something that I think is old or different or strange and wonder if it is something valuable...and I am in the first grade of coin collecting so my education has started with some really good input from you experienced people

thank you all

[Hoghead515]

On 4/18/2022 at 12:45 PM, Bill Wynn said:

this is really a great group of people....I do appreciate all the excellent advice, opinions and comments....I am one of those people that goes through my change every once in a while and find something that I think is old or different or strange and wonder if it is something valuable...and I am in the first grade of coin collecting so my education has started with some really good input from you experienced people

thank you all

Your very welcome. Everyone like to try and help everyone on here. I cant stand to see people get taken advantage of. Theres a whole lot of people out there ready to do people wrong just to make a quick buck. Hate to see a new collector get discouraged from the hobby when one of these tricksters takes advantage of them. If you ever go to make a purchase and your not sure of anything just share pics and some information about it and everyone on here will be more than happy to help you out. Theres many coins thats been cleaned, whizzed, tooled, acid treated, corroded, plated, etc. Those are the ones I was refering to as problem coins. If you look on Ebay and places at graded coins and the plastic holder says DETAILS on it then it means its a problem coin. Most people try to avoid them unless its a very rare coin or something.  Some have been cleaned many years ago and very hard to tell about. This site has some of the best experts in the world at spotting problem coins. And they are more than happy to help people out that are not sure of a purchase.