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JHaynes · New Member

Hi, my name is Josh. I just wanted to let everyone know a little about myself since I'm new here. I'm 27 y.o. I collect all modern cent errors. I've found ten 99 wide ams and just found my second 1992D Close AM about two weeks ago. I look forward to reading these forums.

Bob P · Site Admin

Welcome to the Forum Josh, and congrats on finding so many nice coins. Those are two coins I still don't have in my collection. Anyway...feel free to lurk or participate, and welcome to you again.

coop · Expert Member

Welcome Josh. You must live near the east coast? Finding Philly coins here is next to impossible.

daggit · Senior Member

Hi Josh these people here are very nice and they even put up with me Laughing

Rhubarb · Senior Member

Welcome Josh,

Your post's are alway's welcome. It's good to see that you like to collect the wide AM. 10 99's that a good start to anyones collection. Did you find them all in a single Roll. Congrat's on your find's.

Rhubarb

JHaynes · New Member

JHaynes · New Member

Dick · Expert Member

Josh, "hard to get", ain't the word fot it! They just don't exist out west, unless some "eastern dude" comes "out west" to play the slots in Reno, or "Vegas', and we get the left-overs. "P" MM are as scarce as "hen's-teeth".
Dick

JHaynes · New Member

Is it just me or do Philly coins have more errors?

coppercoins · Site Admin

If you are talking about doubled dies and repunched mintmarks, the focus of this site, they are not errors - they are die varieties. Errors are a completely different thing altogether.

Since Philly minted cents do not have mintmarks, they cannot have repunched mintmarks, which account for nearly half of the die varieties listed.

Of the doubled dies listed, more than half are Philly mint, so yes, in a sense, Philly minted cents do historically have more doubled dies, but this is just one type of die variety.

JHaynes · New Member

Ok more varieties. Like the newer 2000-2006 DDRs.

coppercoins · Site Admin

In that case you're correct - only according to what has been found to date. Thing is, if most of our searchers lived in California, we would probably have just the opposite effect. Since at least six people on this forum live in Florida (that I know of, BobP, Gabe, Smed, Robert, coppercoins, and wavysteps), we are more likely to find P mint stuff.

Who else here lives in Florida?

Dick · Expert Member

Coop do you reckon that we, you, Gary, ED, and all the rest in AZ would do better, if we all moved to Florida, too? I don't think the state could handle ALL of us. Of coures finding "new finds", That would be great!
Dick

coop · Expert Member

As I find little in circulation from Phoenix, I think Ed must be finding everthing. Been a long time for a find from coinage here. Need to make a trip out of town and see if the pickens' are better there.

Dick · Expert Member

Maybe we should visit ED's town, maybe hit the banks for a few boxes, no not a good idea! Tthat is where he "recycles" his rejects! Later:
I just had a better idea, lets start "flat-rating boxes from coast-to-coast. At least we would have a minute chance of finding, something!
Dick