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Our corner table at the ANA. Jon on the left and Ash on the right. This is the third time that the ANA World’s Fair of Money has visited Chicago, Illinois, but it is also the last time for a while. If you have not been able to attend due to the distance of the show, the next few years may change that since the show will be moving to Anaheim, CA in 2016, and then on to Denver, CO in 2017. …

We ran across this interesting blog post put out at mintnewsblog.com. It discusses and shows photos of the dies, planchets, and minting press for making the 2014 gold commemorative 50c coins. Here is a link to the blog post. http://mintnewsblog.com/2014/08/producing-24-karat-gold-and-reverse-proof-silver-kennedy-half-dollars/ …

We recently purchased and subsequently sold a unique 1893 Barber dime obverse die cap, which Coin World magazine put into an article. Rather than tell the details of the story, just read it through this link on Coin World's website: http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2015/08/bingo-hall-purchase-yields-rare-1893-barber-dime-error.3.html Look through your coins--you may have a ra …

Stop by our table to see hundreds of errors The ANA World's Fair of Money is about a week away, and we are gearing up to attend. The show is one of the very best of the year, with over 500 tables of rare coins from ancients, to U.S. coins, to our speciality, mint errors. Here is a link to the show: https://www.money.org/worldsfairofmoney This is one of the few coin shows that …

In the previous blog post we discussed building an error collection based on a single coin series. In this installment we are moving on to the method of collecting I will call “what catches my eye.” These collectors build there collections based on what looks neat, dramatic, or just interesting to them. It has no real method to it other than that the owner finds the coin pleasing. Often time …

Above: Lincoln Cents are a very popular series for  building an error coin collection. In part# 3 of our series on building an error coin collection, we are going to discuss collecting errors on a single series of coins. This type of collection is for the collector who loves error coins, but also has a “favorite coin series”, and so putting the two interests together makes for a f …

Above: Lincoln cent struck on scrap planchet. In the last part of this series on building an error coin collection, we discussed building a set by date and mintmark. While an interesting way to collect, some collectors like to have lots and lots of different errors in their collections, and an error type set is perfect for them. How to build a collection from Coin Errors list To bui …

Above: A 1921-D Morgan Dollar Struck 15% Off-Center Error collectors build their collections in all different ways according to their personal preferences. Some like to build type sets, others collect by date and mintmark, while others just buy what catches their fancy. None of these are right or wrong, and what you collect should be determined by what you enjoy the most. Over the next …

Certified Mint Error Coins: What to Know Third party grading services are extremely popular with today’s collector. The grade, authenticity, and any “problems” on a coin are noted on the holder. In theory, most of the work is done, and all the collector has to worry about are the simply things, such as the basic eye appeal of the coin, if they want to own the coin, and if they can affor …

How to collect error coins is pretty easily answered: collect what you enjoy. That's really the bottom line to collecting, I will tell you from the beginning of this blog post. But should you make other considerations when choosing what to collect? Financial considerations and the eventual sale of your collection by yourself or your heirs are things that you may want to consider when choosin …