Thanks for your content. Your videos remind me of a college history class. I’m trying to sharpen up. I’ve got 25 pounds of pennies to sort through the date range being 1900-1982 It was a birthday gift from my in laws. So far I’ve found 3 that bear further examination. I’ve been collecting since I was a kid but I’m by no means an expert.
I need your help daniel... I like your videos and your detail of coins... I received a 1964 Kennedy half... satin finish... a sharp strike, very detailed... square rim... accented hair... speacial thin lines all consistent... it's a very diamond cut detailed look and I believe it's a very special SMS 1964 half... please can you help me... sincerely Deano pellegrini... you need to see this rare piece to believe me... thank you...
As a professional dealer myself here in the UK, I can safely say that I agree entirely with Daniel's assessment. I lecture in numismatics and enjoy it. Being polite to us dealers is essential too!
Might I ask your take on acid-free paper envelopes? They seem to be very popular here in the UK, but I've heard a lot of American collectors speak badly of them.
As a relative "newbie" to the hobby of numismatics (about 3 years) I have Daniel to thank for all the knowledge I have today. I can walk into a coin shop and converse with the owner with confidence. Being able to express knowledge of the hobby and also knowing how to "act" is a huge advantage. 3 years is nothing compared to many, but it's a start and I have Daniel to thank. You CANNOT go wrong listening to this man.
I once had a dealer like Daniel, having one like him is a Godsend. The comfort you can engage the hobby with as a result is beyond compare. Find a good dealer, and do most of your business with them. You’ll learn so much and be glad to have done business with them. I can’t stress enough the value of a good dealer. Reward them with your business, they deserve it!
This is probably my favorite coin resource. The focus is education, education, education. Furthermore, the dealer is beyond honest and forthright. Questions are answered in step by step tutorials, tailored especially for newcomers, helping to demystify the curiosities in money that we all occasionally encounter. This is a great service to the general public.
I feel like I'm doing this wrong and it's frustrating. I'm all over the place with my collection. I'm not going to get back what I put into it I don't think. I started this for fun but I'm getting stressed out if I think i made a bad deal. I have to remember i started as a hobby not an investment.
When I look at lists of error coins it DOES seem overwhelming. Watching this makes me wonder which dates should I look at more closely. Pain in the ass, I say.
I’m one of 9 kids and was born in 1954. There was a neighborhood boy to whom my oldest sibs would say, “Show us your handstand again, John.” Of course his baggy pockets would leak treasures he’d stolen from his father who had a coin business. Imagine the treasures they traded for candy at the local Mom and Pop grocery. John grew up to become a coin dealer and was quite successful. After he died it was learned that he was a local fence for stolen collections that he sold at auctions. Hmmm. In my childhood you could get some pretty interesting coins still in circulation. Buffalo nickels and Mercury dimes were common. We’d run show my mother when we got an Indian Head penny. That’s like finding a wheat penny today. Happy collecting folks. I have found a nerdy, smart girlfriend that enjoys doing coin roll searches. It’s fun!
I've ran into this several times in the last year..I'd sit down and look at a collection or several coins and the person says, "it's a error coin". Now I'm not an expert but I do all I can to educate myself all the time. At first I'd get kinda upset that these people would think they have an error; most have never looked at coins under a loupe or microscope. My attitude has changed. Now I will sit and educate, if they'll listen. Just sharing what I've learned to further the hobby. But there are still too many "expert's" who'll want a mint for a face value coin. It's a great time to be a new collector; never has there been more information about coins!
Daniel, you are a really good, honest coin dealer. I have never heard you steer anyone wrong. Your best customer is an educated customer. I hope that a lot of people study your videos because you explain everything that you should do step by step to properly invest in coins. I look forward to your videos. Thank you.
I agree with you 100%; you are what the coin-collecting community needs. There are so many pitfalls to collecting that you have to have the knowledge to overcome them. I have been collecting since I was a boy (over 50 years ago) and I found that the best way to collect coins is to collect what you like, not looking at making a future profit or falling for over-rated coins. You are correct, KNOWLEDGE is the best and only way to collect coins, also a little common sense helps. Keep up the great videos Daniel we all need your valuable information.
Thank you for caring about those of us who want to try to make a little money and learn about coins. Its very difficult to keep up with what is what. Its nice to know someone like your self are out there for us to learn from.🧐✨
I've never bought or sold anything online and been collecting coins and currency for over twenty five years I have friends and relatives that saves their pocket change for me and a nice collection. I just have a problem with trust and honesty it's really hard to come by . Great video
Thank you Daniel ! Important things folks need to know when taking up the coin collecting hobby. I'll give you an example of what not to do..I know nothing about baseball cards. For fun and thoughts of maybe making a few dollars, I bought a box of cards (several hundred cards) from a local auction for $10.00. I went to my friends at a local store and thought I could flip them for 15-20. Even though being my friends, they wouldn't buy them for the $10 I spent on them. He explained to me the mistakes I made. I DIDN'T DO MY HOMEWORK.. Same thing can happen in the coin hobby. Learn the minting process, don't use Google prices (use a reputable site), go to a local coin show and get coins in hand, join a local coin club. Do your homework ! As far as OBW rolls, users can easily rewrap them and make them look old or even uncrimp the ends to pour them all out, look and re-insert them. Study, learn and keep your ears open to advice and opinions about a coin you may have questions about. I have learned to be a sponge and not a rock. Soak it all up.
This is off topic but your comment about the original rolled coins got me thinking. I have one of those (just pennies from 40s) that my dad got in the 40s and gave to me in the early 80s. If no one would believe it's original anyway, should I just open it? All these decades I thought it would be better unopened
It is so true about the magazine ad rip offs. My uncle passed away recently and we discovered in his bank vault a ton of American mint company junk. He had collected a bunch of gold and silver plated medals that were basically worthless and the receipts he saved showed that he had spent several thousand dollars. So sad that it should be illegal.
If you can't make it to any of the mints for a tour I'd suggest you watch any of the many videos from the mint to see how coinage is made. It truly is an eye opener about the process.
Good Morning Daniel!!🍵 Thanks to reputable dealers like you that I know, and have known, I haven't made those errors!! There's so much more to learn from you, and I always look forward to your videos!! Thank you!!😊
I feel like I've been incredibly lucky in this hobby over the past year. I spent a lot of time and effort collecting US coins in a country where coin collecting is not very popular. Stamps is much bigger there, and as a result I was able to get coins that really rounded out my collection for very little money. Of course, cherry-picking some to resell back here in the good old USA made it so I more or less broke even. I've made more mistakes buying coins on Ebay than I ever did in the shop (discounting paper money, which I'm WORTHLESS at). In truth, Daniel, I can thank you for your online guidance in educating me as I reenter my favorite hobby.
Sitting at a park this morning and just ended Huge Mistakes Coin Collectors Make video, and I realized that I was robbing myself of the joy from the hobby! I was looking for the money coin and was stressing myself to the point of not having a "Point"! in enjoying a surprising "good feelin" find!! Man, thank you so much for allowing me to see the enjoyment of this fantastic hobby through education videos as this one! Bless you for your hard work, and sharing the love of the hobby for all.
Thanks for the video. Been coin collecting for 5 years. I aquire my coins from a LCS and order from you and search through bank boxes only and get lucky and find silver at my job from time to time.
You Nailed It Again on a Great Topic!! I Honestly have done everything you have mentioned in this Video! Yes, I'm Still learning, and "TRYING TO BE A GOOD LISTENER"! So THANK YOU for all the Information you share with us on your videos. Doing a Great Job!!!!
Thank you Daniel. I got something valuable from this video. Knowledge. There is SO MUCH to learn about coin collecting and values that a person could spend their entire lives studying and only uncover the tip of the iceberg. You are the calm voice of reason and your advice is sound. I consider you to be a valuable resource. Thank you.
Thank you for everything. You are a good person and a professional in currencies. And I learn from you. God bless you . Thanks again for the great content. I am from Jordan in the Middle East. And I always follow you.
I LOVE your videos, you are thorough, honest, plain spoken and you fill in the details we need to know! I'm a sort of beginner; so what I do is watch a ton of your videos and others then go through a few rolls and save everything that looks interesting. Then I go over my notes from the videos with the coins in front of me and eliminate most of them. Thank you!
I consider myself an intelligent person. About 5 years ago I decided I wanted to pursue coin collecting. Just because of my total interest in coins, not trying to make a jackpot and retire at 42! Every time I think I have solid knowledge about coins something I see or learn something new. The people selling coins on eBay that are worth face value for thousands of dollars are either ignorant or crooks. I wish eBay would do a better job weeding those people out, because all it does is negatively affect the new coin collectors
I wouldn’t wipe my arse with most of the junk that the eBay vendors are selling. Luckily the more you know the easier it is to spot the BS. Good luck Andrew & have fun.
Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! For posting this! As well as your other videos. It's not super easy educating yourself on this when you're brand new like me. I can already tell that half the crap Im seeing on the selling platforms is not & cannot possibly be accurate or truly of the value that some people claim things to be. Anyway-thank you again! Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge & looking out for people who are trying to do good business.
Enjoyed that video a lot. I love to hear someone vent frustration. I enjoy variety chasing and I'm no pro. The best advice I could offer is you cant be lazy and become successful learning to find varieties at the same time. Learning how to research is 1st. Multiple, reputable sources, and so many notes. Start with the minting process. Research and learn it and stop pissing off these pros by taking the easy way. Its work to learn but once you do it's easier and the pay off is indescribable!
Knowledge is power. Thanks again for a making coin collecting enjoyable again. I sent my friend over to your videos because she's retired and searches her everyday change and calls me every other day to tell me she found a "double die error" . Then gets mad at me when I tell here she wouldn't know a double die if it smacked her on the head! 🤦🏾♀️
I have collected coins - and also stack some - and ONLY EVER buy at local dealers - and NEVER had any issues - why buy at ebay or from anyone without seeing the coins - my coin shops are prepared to buy back anything I buy there = I am a HAPPY coin collector WITHOUT issues or worries
Daniel thanks for this. It’s so important to get your information from a reputable source. I always encourage people to watch your videos. I love your videos and when you show the grade reveals. So much knowledge is here on your channel. It takes time to learn. Reading books speaking with other coin collectors. To grow you must always be willing to learn.
That's one of the main things that just grinds my gears. Is people putting ridiculous value of a coin that they're putting up for sale when in reality it's worth face value or a couple bucks at best if it's a Minor error.
Good video Daniel. You make a good point on unsearched lots. I have a method per se for buying unsearched lots. I won't share it because I don't need the competition. I've bought hundreds of dollars in face-value wheat pennies looking for errors and varieties and have found several double dies and RPMs. I've only found a few non-error (less than 10) wheat cents worth more than $5 each. I've found a 1921 S penny in nice AU condition that I feel is my best find for unsearched rolls, not counting the double dies. Needless to say, there really aren't many truly unsearched lots or rolls out there. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I noticed Daniel knows what he's talking about I just started to search coins two weeks ago and everything I'm learning is from Daniel watching his videos
Daniel you put out great and honest information. Very concise video and quality points. Do you have a forum for questions from coin collectors other than comment areas under videos ? Do you have live videos so that users can ask questions in chat windows ? I checked your video link and other links associated and didn't see this. Thank you again for your time and keeping the hobby alive and honest information.
I want to say thank you for all this info. I'm new to this collecting and grading. We have been saving change for 18 years plus, ones I found in between walls in a 1892 building we removed bricks from and found on the balloon framing a few good ones. This is hard work looking at 72 LBs of coins, in 2 jars we got 4 more to work on.
The Home shopping network is just for entertainment purposes only. At one time, HSN used to have a Morgan dollar spectacular show that was run by Skip Connely and his guest, Bill Gale, who is a professional numismatist. I enjoyed listening to Bill Gale because he used to get into the history of many of these Morgan dollars and you could really learn something about these coins. This was around 1996 when I saw that program.
Thank you Daniel ,as always you have enlightened me once again.I think for me the highlight was your statement be a good listener .I personally have found fault in myself when my pride gets the better of me.when i was a young mechanic thats what did to become a great mechanic . I became a good listener
I listen to everything you say…you make total sense. My dad been throwing his pocket change into containers sense 1964, lm now going through every coin…one by one. I bought on Amazon helmet magnifier with light…model MG82000MC. Talk about time consuming.
Thank you for the advic! I've been interested in coin colllecting, but I mostly collect state coins, I'm not great at it, but I dont worry about them getting stolen as my collection will be big and of more value me than anyone else lol!
So true Daniel, thanks for the Truth! I once stopped at a flea market and noticed a coin sellers booth. He had some coins professionally graded and some he graded himself because it cost a lot. He had a,1973 dime marked brilliant uncirculated for $20. When I asked him where the lines went on the torch he played it off and said he has never seen the coin before and didn't know how it got there!
After 53 years of collecting, even I can make mistakes and misconceptions although I believe I have lost nothing by them. I'll just relate a couple of them. Ever since I was a little kid when I showed my young mutually coin-collecting buddy my recently found 1943 steel cent and was told by him in reply that a few 1943 copper cents also exist, I have checked my change for "wheat backs" and that most elusive of Lincolns. About 4 years ago, I did get a wheatie which when flipped it over appeared to look underneath the black-crud accretion to be a 1943-D copper. Wow. I had to get this home for closer inspection right away. Well, after taking some soap and water to wash off what I could of the accretion and taking a magnifier to it, I could see that it was a 1948-D which fortuitously had received a slash (damage) to its surface that made the 8 appear very much like a 3 and that the crud obscured much of the date. So much for that and the coin went in my junk coin box. The second has to do with being tempted by too-good-to-be-true prices. Recently I bought a number of US silver bullion Walkers at a price just a couple of dollars above spot silver. I rationalized that since the firm offering mixed dates, they were clearing out coins for which they could not make complete rolls. Anyway, after I placed the order I had second thoughts and investigated the firm. Two people reported online that the company were fraudsters and, yes, I changed my credit card right away. But, ' damn, the con-artists sent the coins anyway although they are not going to receive payment. They were all purported 2021-W proof type 1's. I have to say that the proof surfaces are beautiful, but I could see right away that the Ms. Liberty's face is just too crude. She appears to have such deep-set eyes that she is wearing a mask (Buon carnevale, Signorina Liberty.) Also, the "E Pluribus" is much too close together compared to an authentic piece, and the masses are all over the place with most being about 1 gram below the standard and a couple a few tenths of a gram above. Still relatively good counterfeits. Well, as Daniel says here, always be careful.
Thank you again for a great topic. The problem with "price guide" online is that it is super hard to understand, one gotta click each one to maybe find what is needed to compare.. any ideas?
Great advice...I myself do a little coin collecting. Have sent a handful of coins with errors and a few verities off for grading. Kinda results are 60/40 in the return. With 60 being on the rough side😂. Nonetheless,I just enjoy the journey. Do have a few older proof sets in the 50's and 60's. Wondering if I should break them open and send in for grading. Being on a fixed income, have to be picky on when to do it.😂
Developing relationships is a large part of what makes this hobby fun, which is why I greatly prefer buying from dealers in person. However, I've bought some coins on EBay with satisfactory results, but only after doing my homework. I didn't get a bargain every time, but I don’t think I got ripped off, either.
I have been into Numismatics since 1958. Trust me when I say to both beginning and intermediate collectors: Everything that was said on this video is both truthful and accurate. I have never had any dealings with this youtuber so have no financial reasons to make this comment.
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Thanks for your content. Your videos remind me of a college history class. I’m trying to sharpen up. I’ve got 25 pounds of pennies to sort through the date range being 1900-1982 It was a birthday gift from my in laws. So far I’ve found 3 that bear further examination. I’ve been collecting since I was a kid but I’m by no means an expert.
I love it just picked out 37 varieties
I will say that I am NOT 💯 sure and need help...
I need your help daniel... I like your videos and your detail of coins... I received a 1964 Kennedy half... satin finish... a sharp strike, very detailed... square rim... accented hair... speacial thin lines all consistent... it's a very diamond cut detailed look and I believe it's a very special SMS 1964 half... please can you help me... sincerely Deano pellegrini... you need to see this rare piece to believe me... thank you...
Sadly, like PT Barnum said-"There's a sucker born every minute " Buyer beware.
Thank you Sire for your time, expertise and honesty.
As a professional dealer myself here in the UK, I can safely say that I agree entirely with Daniel's assessment. I lecture in numismatics and enjoy it. Being polite to us dealers is essential too!
Might I ask your take on acid-free paper envelopes? They seem to be very popular here in the UK, but I've heard a lot of American collectors speak badly of them.
As a relative "newbie" to the hobby of numismatics (about 3 years) I have Daniel to thank for all the knowledge I have today. I can walk into a coin shop and converse with the owner with confidence. Being able to express knowledge of the hobby and also knowing how to "act" is a huge advantage. 3 years is nothing compared to many, but it's a start and I have Daniel to thank. You CANNOT go wrong listening to this man.
He nailed it about the vet ripoff, I'm going to watch as many videos of Daniel and learn as much as possible from him seams like a very honest dealer
I agree, and I've been in the hobby for about 10 years. I still learn new, and correct information from this guy. Daniel's videos are priceless!
Thanks to all of you. I appreciate it!!
Ditto Ditto DaT👆👌👍👍❣
Facts
I once had a dealer like Daniel, having one like him is a Godsend. The comfort you can engage the hobby with as a result is beyond compare. Find a good dealer, and do most of your business with them. You’ll learn so much and be glad to have done business with them. I can’t stress enough the value of a good dealer. Reward them with your business, they deserve it!
This is probably my favorite coin resource. The focus is education, education, education. Furthermore, the dealer is beyond honest and forthright. Questions are answered in step by step tutorials, tailored especially for newcomers, helping to demystify the curiosities in money that we all occasionally encounter. This is a great service to the general public.
Thank you
Honest man ! If I lived closer i would stop by to see your shop..Thanks .
Same here.. wish I had a good local coin dealer closeby but no such luck for me.
Daniel sells coins online.
I can honestly say, in the 35 years I've been collecting I never had a had a desire to collect mint errors. Happy collecting everyone
Thank you I just got into state quarter collecting. Thank you for the message.😊❤
I feel like I'm doing this wrong and it's frustrating.
I'm all over the place with my collection.
I'm not going to get back what I put into it I don't think.
I started this for fun but I'm getting stressed out if I think i made a bad deal.
I have to remember i started as a hobby not an investment.
When I look at lists of error coins it DOES seem overwhelming. Watching this makes me wonder which dates should I look at more closely. Pain in the ass, I say.
I’m one of 9 kids and was born in 1954. There was a neighborhood boy to whom my oldest sibs would say, “Show us your handstand again, John.” Of course his baggy pockets would leak treasures he’d stolen from his father who had a coin business. Imagine the treasures they traded for candy at the local Mom and Pop grocery.
John grew up to become a coin dealer and was quite successful. After he died it was learned that he was a local fence for stolen collections that he sold at auctions. Hmmm.
In my childhood you could get some pretty interesting coins still in circulation. Buffalo nickels and Mercury dimes were common. We’d run show my mother when we got an Indian Head penny. That’s like finding a wheat penny today.
Happy collecting folks. I have found a nerdy, smart girlfriend that enjoys doing coin roll searches. It’s fun!
Love a good sheen from age.
Been collecting coins for Over 50 years now!!& I'm still looking for the right one 💕💕 & Thanks for the update!! Nice Video 👍👍..
I've ran into this several times in the last year..I'd sit down and look at a collection or several coins and the person says, "it's a error coin".
Now I'm not an expert but I do all I can to educate myself all the time.
At first I'd get kinda upset that these people would think they have an error; most have never looked at coins under a loupe or microscope.
My attitude has changed. Now I will sit and educate, if they'll listen. Just sharing what I've learned to further the hobby. But there are still too many "expert's" who'll want a mint for a face value coin.
It's a great time to be a new collector; never has there been more information about coins!
I started with error coins
Daniel, you are a really good, honest coin dealer. I have never heard you steer anyone wrong. Your best customer is an educated customer. I hope that a lot of people study your videos because you explain everything that you should do step by step to properly invest in coins. I look forward to your videos. Thank you.
You hit the nail on the head. No matter what your walk in life, being a good listener is a great place to start.
I tell my grandkids that they will learn more by listening, than by arguing. They have yet to understand the concept tho'.
I agree with you 100%; you are what the coin-collecting community needs. There are so many pitfalls to collecting that you have to have the knowledge to overcome them. I have been collecting since I was a boy (over 50 years ago) and I found that the best way to collect coins is to collect what you like, not looking at making a future profit or falling for over-rated coins. You are correct, KNOWLEDGE is the best and only way to collect coins, also a little common sense helps. Keep up the great videos Daniel we all need your valuable information.
Thank you for caring about those of us who want to try to make a little money and learn about coins. Its very difficult to keep up with what is what. Its nice to know someone like your self are out there for us to learn from.🧐✨
I've never bought or sold anything online and been collecting coins and currency for over twenty five years I have friends and relatives that saves their pocket change for me and a nice collection. I just have a problem with trust and honesty it's really hard to come by . Great video
So I really needed to hear this thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge
Thank you Daniel ! Important things folks need to know when taking up the coin collecting hobby. I'll give you an example of what not to do..I know nothing about baseball cards. For fun and thoughts of maybe making a few dollars, I bought a box of cards (several hundred cards) from a local auction for $10.00. I went to my friends at a local store and thought I could flip them for 15-20. Even though being my friends, they wouldn't buy them for the $10 I spent on them. He explained to me the mistakes I made. I DIDN'T DO MY HOMEWORK.. Same thing can happen in the coin hobby. Learn the minting process, don't use Google prices (use a reputable site), go to a local coin show and get coins in hand, join a local coin club. Do your homework ! As far as OBW rolls, users can easily rewrap them and make them look old or even uncrimp the ends to pour them all out, look and re-insert them. Study, learn and keep your ears open to advice and opinions about a coin you may have questions about. I have learned to be a sponge and not a rock. Soak it all up.
This is off topic but your comment about the original rolled coins got me thinking. I have one of those (just pennies from 40s) that my dad got in the 40s and gave to me in the early 80s. If no one would believe it's original anyway, should I just open it? All these decades I thought it would be better unopened
Thank You
Great video Daniel! Great advice...
Great tips Daniel. Thanks again Coinhelpu 👍
It is so true about the magazine ad rip offs. My uncle passed away recently and we discovered in his bank vault a ton of American mint company junk. He had collected a bunch of gold and silver plated medals that were basically worthless and the receipts he saved showed that he had spent several thousand dollars. So sad that it should be illegal.
Thank you Daniel!! Great video. Educational!!
If you can't make it to any of the mints for a tour I'd suggest you watch any of the many videos from the mint to see how coinage is made. It truly is an eye opener about the process.
Wonderful video Daniel! Your insight is greatly appreciated.
Thanks. I subscribed
Good Morning Daniel!!🍵 Thanks to reputable dealers like you that I know, and have known, I haven't made those errors!! There's so much more to learn from you, and I always look forward to your videos!! Thank you!!😊
Very Helpful, Thankyou
Huge like my friend and thank you for sharing this valuable information!
Always wonderful listening to you have a great day
I feel like I've been incredibly lucky in this hobby over the past year. I spent a lot of time and effort collecting US coins in a country where coin collecting is not very popular. Stamps is much bigger there, and as a result I was able to get coins that really rounded out my collection for very little money. Of course, cherry-picking some to resell back here in the good old USA made it so I more or less broke even. I've made more mistakes buying coins on Ebay than I ever did in the shop (discounting paper money, which I'm WORTHLESS at). In truth, Daniel, I can thank you for your online guidance in educating me as I reenter my favorite hobby.
Wise advice
I really appreciate your insight into collecting. Thank you.
Sitting at a park this morning and just ended Huge Mistakes Coin Collectors Make video, and I realized that I was robbing myself of the joy from the hobby! I was looking for the money coin and was stressing myself to the point of not having a "Point"! in enjoying a surprising "good feelin" find!! Man, thank you so much for allowing me to see the enjoyment of this fantastic hobby through education videos as this one! Bless you for your hard work, and sharing the love of the hobby for all.
Thanks for continuing to give such great info for the "casual" collector
Excellent video Daniel! Great lessons to learn.
Thanks for sharing! Very informative. 👍
Thanks Daniel
you seem to be a honest coin dealer, and I respect you thank you
All good points! Excellent advice! 👍
Thanks, Daniel! Gonna check out your article on roll searching!
Thanks for the video. Been coin collecting for 5 years. I aquire my coins from a LCS and order from you and search through bank boxes only and get lucky and find silver at my job from time to time.
Thank you
You Nailed It Again on a Great Topic!!
I Honestly have done everything you have mentioned in this Video! Yes, I'm
Still learning, and "TRYING TO BE A GOOD LISTENER"! So THANK YOU for all the Information you share with us on your videos. Doing a Great Job!!!!
Thank you Daniel. I got something valuable from this video. Knowledge. There is SO MUCH to learn about coin collecting and values that a person could spend their entire lives studying and only uncover the tip of the iceberg. You are the calm voice of reason and your advice is sound. I consider you to be a valuable resource.
Thank you.
Thank you. for this video.
Thanks Daniel, You're making a big difference please keep up the good work!
I’ve learned so much from you, Daniel, about the hobby in the last six months since discovering your channel. Thank you!
Great to hear! Thank you!
Thanks for you information
Daniel thanks for keeping up with your knowledge on coins
Thank you for everything. You are a good person and a professional in currencies. And I learn from you. God bless you . Thanks again for the great content. I am from Jordan in the Middle East. And I always follow you.
Nice GOOD Job 😊😊😊
Thanks 😄
I LOVE your videos, you are thorough, honest, plain spoken and you fill in the details we need to know! I'm a sort of beginner; so what I do is watch a ton of your videos and others then go through a few rolls and save everything that looks interesting. Then I go over my notes from the videos with the coins in front of me and eliminate most of them. Thank you!
Good Afternoon, Mr. Daneil
Where can I get a book that lists each state error, and the location of the error on each coin?
Well put!
I consider myself an intelligent person. About 5 years ago I decided I wanted to pursue coin collecting. Just because of my total interest in coins, not trying to make a jackpot and retire at 42! Every time I think I have solid knowledge about coins something I see or learn something new. The people selling coins on eBay that are worth face value for thousands of dollars are either ignorant or crooks. I wish eBay would do a better job weeding those people out, because all it does is negatively affect the new coin collectors
I wouldn’t wipe my arse with most of the junk that the eBay vendors are selling. Luckily the more you know the easier it is to spot the BS. Good luck Andrew & have fun.
Your videos are great learning tools. Thank you.
More great info Daniel
Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! For posting this! As well as your other videos. It's not super easy educating yourself on this when you're brand new like me. I can already tell that half the crap Im seeing on the selling platforms is not & cannot possibly be accurate or truly of the value that some people claim things to be. Anyway-thank you again! Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge & looking out for people who are trying to do good business.
Happy New Year 2024 !
Good stuff Daniel!
These are very nice tips! Thanks!
Thank you for all your hard work in a actually wanting to help people! Much appreciated
Enjoyed that video a lot. I love to hear someone vent frustration. I enjoy variety chasing and I'm no pro. The best advice I could offer is you cant be lazy and become successful learning to find varieties at the same time. Learning how to research is 1st. Multiple, reputable sources, and so many notes. Start with the minting process. Research and learn it and stop pissing off these pros by taking the easy way. Its work to learn but once you do it's easier and the pay off is indescribable!
Knowledge is power. Thanks again for a making coin collecting enjoyable again. I sent my friend over to your videos because she's retired and searches her everyday change and calls me every other day to tell me she found a "double die error" . Then gets mad at me when I tell here she wouldn't know a double die if it smacked her on the head! 🤦🏾♀️
Thank you
Great lessons Daniel
Thank you Daniel! I learn so much from you. Now I need to find a coin dealer like you in my area!
I have collected coins - and also stack some - and ONLY EVER buy at local dealers - and NEVER had any issues - why buy at ebay or from anyone without seeing the coins - my coin shops are prepared to buy back anything I buy there = I am a HAPPY coin collector WITHOUT issues or worries
Always so much great 👍 info
Daniel thanks for this. It’s so important to get your information from a reputable source. I always encourage people to watch your videos. I love your videos and when you show the grade reveals. So much knowledge is here on your channel. It takes time to learn. Reading books speaking with other coin collectors. To grow you must always be willing to learn.
Good advice. Thanks.
Thank you for this video! I found this to be very helpful.
That's one of the main things that just grinds my gears. Is people putting ridiculous value of a coin that they're putting up for sale when in reality it's worth face value or a couple bucks at best if it's a Minor error.
Good video Daniel. You make a good point on unsearched lots. I have a method per se for buying unsearched lots. I won't share it because I don't need the competition. I've bought hundreds of dollars in face-value wheat pennies looking for errors and varieties and have found several double dies and RPMs. I've only found a few non-error (less than 10) wheat cents worth more than $5 each. I've found a 1921 S penny in nice AU condition that I feel is my best find for unsearched rolls, not counting the double dies. Needless to say, there really aren't many truly unsearched lots or rolls out there. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
The fact that you share this knowledge, rather than capitalizing on our naivity shows yoir integrity and true passion for the hobby.
I noticed Daniel knows what he's talking about I just started to search coins two weeks ago and everything I'm learning is from Daniel watching his videos
Daniel, it takes a true man to admit he is wrong. I applaud you!!!!
Very helpfull. Thanks.
Daniel you put out great and honest information. Very concise video and quality points. Do you have a forum for questions from coin collectors other than comment areas under videos ? Do you have live videos so that users can ask questions in chat windows ? I checked your video link and other links associated and didn't see this. Thank you again for your time and keeping the hobby alive and honest information.
The link is in the description.
Daniel. Your awesome. Thank you for your hard work & education. Will email you through your community.
Thanks but you don’t use the email system, you post in the forum.
I want to say thank you for all this info. I'm new to this collecting and grading. We have been saving change for 18 years plus, ones I found in between walls in a 1892 building we removed bricks from and found on the balloon framing a few good ones. This is hard work looking at 72 LBs of coins, in 2 jars we got 4 more to work on.
Beauty!
The Home shopping network is just for entertainment purposes only. At one time, HSN used to have a Morgan dollar spectacular show that was run by Skip Connely and his guest, Bill Gale, who is a professional numismatist. I enjoyed listening to Bill Gale because he used to get into the history of many of these Morgan dollars and you could really learn something about these coins. This was around 1996 when I saw that program.
Very great information and I am sure I will make a mistake. That's why I am subscribed to you and many others, Education!
Wow, I hadn't heard of your website. Now I know where to go when I have questions. Thanks!
New to all this, thank you for giving me information I would not of known, I have many coins and know so little
As Always Sir Daniel, great information and building on the knowledge! Have a great day!
Amazing content!
Great video as usual,a lot of good info, keep up the great work
Thank you good sir for your wisdom and willingness to share the hard lessons of collecting coins. Your videos are "gold." Best,
Thank you Daniel ,as always you have enlightened me once again.I think for me the highlight was your statement be a good listener .I personally have found fault in myself when my pride gets the better of me.when i was a young mechanic thats what did to become a great mechanic . I became a good listener
Thank you for providing information that should be followed, I really look forward to learning from you
I listen to everything you say…you make total sense. My dad been throwing his pocket change into containers sense 1964, lm now going through every coin…one by one. I bought on Amazon helmet magnifier with light…model MG82000MC. Talk about time consuming.
Thank you for the advic! I've been interested in coin colllecting, but I mostly collect state coins, I'm not great at it, but I dont worry about them getting stolen as my collection will be big and of more value me than anyone else lol!
Great video as always. Hope you are getting better
A little, day by day, thanks
So true Daniel, thanks for the Truth! I once stopped at a flea market and noticed a coin sellers booth. He had some coins professionally graded and some he graded himself because it cost a lot. He had a,1973 dime marked brilliant uncirculated for $20. When I asked him where the lines went on the torch he played it off and said he has never seen the coin before and didn't know how it got there!
1973 dime for $20 Damn you can buy the whole 1973p and d mint set for $10. Maybe even less
Ur wright❤❤❤
After 53 years of collecting, even I can make mistakes and misconceptions although I believe I have lost nothing by them. I'll just relate a couple of them. Ever since I was a little kid when I showed my young mutually coin-collecting buddy my recently found 1943 steel cent and was told by him in reply that a few 1943 copper cents also exist, I have checked my change for "wheat backs" and that most elusive of Lincolns. About 4 years ago, I did get a wheatie which when flipped it over appeared to look underneath the black-crud accretion to be a 1943-D copper. Wow. I had to get this home for closer inspection right away. Well, after taking some soap and water to wash off what I could of the accretion and taking a magnifier to it, I could see that it was a 1948-D which fortuitously had received a slash (damage) to its surface that made the 8 appear very much like a 3 and that the crud obscured much of the date. So much for that and the coin went in my junk coin box. The second has to do with being tempted by too-good-to-be-true prices. Recently I bought a number of US silver bullion Walkers at a price just a couple of dollars above spot silver. I rationalized that since the firm offering mixed dates, they were clearing out coins for which they could not make complete rolls. Anyway, after I placed the order I had second thoughts and investigated the firm. Two people reported online that the company were fraudsters and, yes, I changed my credit card right away. But, ' damn, the con-artists sent the coins anyway although they are not going to receive payment. They were all purported 2021-W proof type 1's. I have to say that the proof surfaces are beautiful, but I could see right away that the Ms. Liberty's face is just too crude. She appears to have such deep-set eyes that she is wearing a mask (Buon carnevale, Signorina Liberty.) Also, the "E Pluribus" is much too close together compared to an authentic piece, and the masses are all over the place with most being about 1 gram below the standard and a couple a few tenths of a gram above. Still relatively good counterfeits. Well, as Daniel says here, always be careful.
Thank you again for a great topic. The problem with "price guide" online is that it is super hard to understand, one gotta click each one to maybe find what is needed to compare.. any ideas?
Nope, there’s no shortcut to finding coin values.
Great advice...I myself do a little coin collecting. Have sent a handful of coins with errors and a few verities off for grading. Kinda results are 60/40 in the return. With 60 being on the rough side😂. Nonetheless,I just enjoy the journey. Do have a few older proof sets in the 50's and 60's. Wondering if I should break them open and send in for grading. Being on a fixed income, have to be picky on when to do it.😂
Developing relationships is a large part of what makes this hobby fun, which is why I greatly prefer buying from dealers in person. However, I've bought some coins on EBay with satisfactory results, but only after doing my homework. I didn't get a bargain every time, but I don’t think I got ripped off, either.
I have been into Numismatics since 1958. Trust me when I say to both beginning and intermediate collectors: Everything that was said on this video is both truthful and accurate. I have never had any dealings with this youtuber so have no financial reasons to make this comment.
Thank you
You are most welcome.
A great vid, thanks. you tell it how it is, that's uncommon in this day and age.