Error Coin Books - Uncovering dishonesty, deception, inaccuracies, and misleading information

By Fred Wright

All I seek is the truth - This book is free except for the printing costs.

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One year of research to understand why some books succeed and most do not lead to much more than ever expected. It is astounding what was uncovered. This book is a must-read before you spend money on fake books.

If you're buying an error coin guide, choose one from a reputable source. After reviewing over 60 books, only a few authors stand out as credible. Save purchases: Ken Potter, Stan McDonald, Justin Couch, Sam Sommer, and Blake Alma. All other books are filled with inaccurate information and misleading statements.

The dishonesty, deception, inaccuracies, and misleading statements are vast and wide among 95% of the books.

Do not be fooled by the self-published error coin guides that are authored by novices, scammers, and foreigners who claim they are from the USA. These people are taking advantage of the low barriers for self-publishing.

Uncovered are people writing as many books as they can using aliases with different author bios and photos. They create fictitious editorials. These books make up error coins, error types, and fake stories.

It is amazing that people are buying these books and leaving 5-star reviews for books that are written by little kids, novices, and profit seekers with no coin knowledge.

Groups of people write 5-star reviews for publishers using aliases. Other people leave negative reviews for the competition without providing examples.

Most of the self-published book are not written by American's as evidenced by the wording and word usage like the word flan. Flan is a European word for planchet.

People are fooled by professionally designed book covers and Amazon descriptions, but inside the book is a disaster.
Over 85% of the self-published books fail. Over 20% of the books are written by the same people trying to take advantage of the system.

Actual Book Statements

The 1967-D Lincoln cent without the mintmark is rare. (There are no 1967-D Lincoln cents.)
The 1970 Lincoln cent with the raised 7 is also the result of die polishing. (The 1970-S Lincoln cent high and low 7 are the result of using two different die sets)

Wheat back pennies were minted from 1909 to 1956. (The last wheat cent was minted in 1958)

Brass was used to make coins like cents. (Brass was never used to mint any US coins)

A coin touched without washing your hands causes rust. (If this were true then all the coins in circulation would be rusted.)

Dimes produced 1946 to the present -Composition 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel. (Dimes minted from 1946 through 1964 are 90% silver and 10% copper)

Before 1990, all US Coin dies were subject to mint mark errors resulting in the preparation of dies. (Denver and San Francisco began to make dies in 1996 which led to the elimination of RPM error since the dies were no longer refined by punching a new mintmark.)

A fast and easy way to ascertain the approximate value of a coin is to search for it on eBay. (eBay is the worst place to get any coin information because many of the coins posted are not error coins.)

If the mintmark or date appears on the reverse side of the coin... (No US coins ever had a date on the reverse side)

Errors like missing mintmarks are often more valuable than other errors (There is no such error since most coins minted in Philadelphia never had a mintmark. The only coins to have missing mintmarks are from proof sets)

Someone might use a hacksaw to cut a coin in half to create the appearance of an error coin. (This is a ridiculous statement)
A mintmark is the 1922-D, no D Lincoln cent. (This statement does not make sense)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DYDL8D52
• ISBN13: 9798311733298
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"