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CONECA (pronounced: CŌ´NECA) is a national numismatic organization devoted to the education of error and variety coin collectors. CONECA focuses on many error and variety specialties, including doubled dies, Repunched mintmarks, multiple errors, clips, double strikes, off-metals and off-centers—just to name a few. In addition to its website, CONECA publishes an educational journal, The Errorscope, which is printed and mailed to members bimonthly. CONECA offers a lending library, examination, listing and attribution services; it holds annual meetings at major conventions (referred to as Errorama) around the country.

CONECA was formed through a merger of CONE and NECA in early 1983. To learn more about the fascinating HISTORY OF THE ERROR HOBBY and THE HISTORY OF CONECA, we encourage you to visit us our main site Here

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  • Chief Bob 1965-2000
    • Feb 2023
    • 12

    Greetings! New Member, Old Collector

    I've been collecting since 1958. My uncle who also got me into stamp collecting helped me with my coin collections. He was a NYC subway token booth attendant on the night shift and would set aside Mercs, Buffaloes, Standing Liberty quarters, etc. I gave him a list of the holes in my Whitman folders. Besides me, he also had coin dealers show up at night to see what he saved for them. They gave him good prices and he replaced the $$ to make sure his $$ balanced at the end of his shift.

    After enlisting in the USAF Medical Service in November 1965, I was away from home and my collections. I stayed on active duty after I got back from Vietnam in Jul 1969 and was assigned to various locations in the States. Retired in June 2000 along with my wife nurse. Now I'm back because the itch got to be too much.

    I bought a coin scope and it's so much easier to see errors, etc., and also take an image of them. I'll be posting some for opinions soon.

    Looking forward to learning more about errors from the more "seasoned" members.

    Cheers,
    Bob
    (PS: I'm a paying member. Check mailed today.)
    Last edited by Chief Bob 1965-2000; 02-28-2023, 04:20 PM.
  • Zimmy
    CONECA Treasurer/PA Rep
    • Aug 2007
    • 326

    #2
    Great story Bob! Please post some of your error/variety coins. Looking forward to seeing what you have.
    James Zimmerman
    Coneca N-911
    CONECA PA State Rep/Treasurer

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      Greg Bennick
      • Aug 2022
      • 73

      #3
      Welcome to CONECA! We are glad you're here Looking forward to those pics. Which scope did you buy?

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      • Chief Bob 1965-2000
        • Feb 2023
        • 12

        #4
        Originally posted by counterbrockage View Post
        Welcome to CONECA! We are glad you're here Looking forward to those pics. Which scope did you buy?
        Thanks. It's a Tomlove DM4S, 4.5" screen with 2 side lamps and a main lamp on the focus. It can hold a micro-SD card and then put it in the PC and transfer the images to a folder for viewing. It was around $90 and pretty good for the price. Raise the microscope arm to the top and the magnification is 50x' ; lower it to the bottom and supposedly it's 1,000x (don't know how accurate that is but it gets right down into the coin's metal).

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        • Chief Bob 1965-2000
          • Feb 2023
          • 12

          #5


          1955 washington 25C

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