Introduction, new to the entire hobby.

[kolb494]

Hello all! I've kind of been "drug along" on the coin hobby train by my amazing husband. I never gave my change a second thought, now we have an upgraded scope arriving today, I have multiple coin resource sites in my bookmarks, and I love looking at Lincoln Cent die clashes! I prefer the cents, but also like the older nickels. Kenny switches between denominations to avoid burnout. We're both friendly and love to study and learn about the different errors and varieties.

My biggest inquiry at the moment is a somewhat silly one... why are die clashes not listed on many sites? Why do they hold little value or desire for collectors? If you would like to suggest some recommended reading, I would be grateful. I'm constantly on VV, Wexler's, LCR, and maddieclashes. I will say, Coppercoins' site is extremely frustrating to me. It seems like many of the links there don't work, but it could just be me.

[MintErrors]

Welcome aboard.

I suggest looking at maddieclashes.com - they have the "atypical" and "typical" sections available.
Die clashes do happen, but not as much as people think. I don't know when they implemented the protections in place to keep clashes from happening, but during initial die set up, I believe they can still occur.

Doubleddie.com has a good learning area, especially under the worthless doubling section.

conecaonline.info is coming along, the volunteers at CONECA are doing that part of the website when they have time.

A great websiute for all things errors - and not errors - is https://error-ref.com look under the completed entries area.

Happy Hunting

[kolb494]

Thank you. I am on MDC almost daily, to be honest. I'm searching for info on clashes for the 2024 and 2009 EC cents at the moment.