How Challenge Coins Work

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I have in hand a number of “Challenge Coins” which I’ve been calling “Mystery Coins”, by which I mean coins which I’ve flipped, meaning spent more money on than the penny originally called for. But why did I flip that particular coin? It’s a Mystery. YOU have to guess/decide/see what it was about this coin that prompted me to spend good hard cash on it over and above its 1 cent face value. Why plunk down more money on a worthless coin??? Obviously, because to me, it’s worth more than a penny. But why? And how much more?

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Learning to See the Coin

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This 2011 double die is available both as a reference coin and as a search roll.

Ultimately, any Coinology Academy training has at its root the goal of learning to see the coin. The fact is well made by coin search experts everywhere that you can have the world’s most fabulous and elusive double right there between thumb and forefinger and never know it. From what I know, you could have an electron microscope at your disposal and still miss some of the Big Ones. It’s a matter of knowing where to look, what to look for, and how to see it. Part of the trick of seeing the coin is manipulating the loupe. I’ll demo this today at our ICW, and you’ll have an opportunity to ask coin-searching questions. One of the points about the 2001 “Wider” AM is that, although it is not a new variety, it definitely requires that you’re able to see the coin before you can spot the “Wider AM” hub or die polish error coin. Seeing is Seeing is Seeing is Seeing is Seeing, to quote my elderly great-aunt Gertie.

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This Coin Sells For $1,000 or More!!!

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Here’s another interesting search for you — the 1995 D DDO, a rare bird indeed — much rarer and more costly than its Philadelphia Cousin — but, as you see here, findable with some diligence, luck and a good deal of luck — did I mention the luck part? You’ll note that I don’t offer a reference coin in this case — it would be out of all of our leagues, I’m afraid, at around $1,000 for a semi-decent example. But I can offer photographic Bloodhound Samples and unsearched 50-Source rolls to test your skills: here are a few more parts of this elusive error coin. The 1995-D Kit is only $35, and provides 50 chances to be right! NO guarantees, just an amazing amount of fun! Wait til you see how long it takes to accumulate 50 totally differently sourced examples of this coin!!! You’ll want to order more!

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Treasure Hunters International

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I have in hand 48 of these little beauties, not yet reported, not sure whether it’s worth reporting, but here they are; the VDB has been doubled. It’s not a camera trick, it’s really there, and YOU can find it. At the moment, nobody’s looking for these and quite frankly, it’s doubtful if anyone ever will, or that there will develop a market for this “error” which might be just a strike slip, no big deal. On the other hand, it will train your eye to See The Coin, and that’s what we’re after, so I’m offering the REAL DEAL — One Uncirculated Bright RED MS 64+ doubled VDB plus a roll of absolutely guaranteed “50 Sources” 2011 P pennies for your 10X loupe perusal.

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Disaster Strikes!!!

Spooky Experience #14: You’ve gone through half a bank box of pennies with your Instant-Read “Gorby’s Magic Find Baskets”. Suddenly you realize that the entire top row, from 1959 through 1981, is empty, blank, zero, zilch. What’s happening? You’re just the latest victim of the Melt Frenzy. Imagine an entire bank box devoid of copper coins. That’s what I got last night, and that’s what you’ll get, too, now or in the near future, and at one point, there won’t be any more Lincoln Memorials in circulation. In my estimation, you have about a year to experience in-circulation FREE penny search before you can’t, anymore, ever again. Opportunity knocks. Answer the friggin door, willya?

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Thrill of the Chase

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Got hold of a new error — it’s the double “VDB” — the initials of Victor David Brenner, the sculptor who was the first to put a human face on a US cent. The initials are double-struck, sometimes triple-struck. I have a triple in hand atm, but it hasn’t been microphotographed yet, so I’m putting a couple of photos of the 1969-S double VDB up for you to see. You have to know where they occur and all that. I have that knowledge, plus the knowledge of how this minor industrial accident might have occurred, where it happened, and where you’re most likely to find this powerful and rare Strike Error! Tune in to the ICW this morning for more info.

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Powerful New Addiction

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You know the theory: you can’t get rid of a habit, like biting your nails or smoking — you can only replace it with another equally strong habit. Well, here’s a harmless habit, coinology coin-sorting, that will give you fast, fast relief from some of those more harmful habits. It’s so absorbing, so focused and so exciting (I’ll explain why it’s exciting in a moment) that you won’t be able to tear yourself away! Think I’m exaggerating? Ask anyone who’s tried coinology, then send for the kit and get started on this great new heavy almost unbreakable addiction — coinology! If you aren’t amazed by the results, send it back for a full refund. Cost of coinology kit? $99 bucks. Most popular comment about coinology? “It’s terribly addictive. I can’t stop.” I bet you can’t, either. Take that bet — you’ll be happy you did!

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No Experience Necessary

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When you send for my new coinology “Academy in a Box”, you will have in your hands all the basics that you need to get started working in a whole new, totally invisible world. You don’t need to think or to know anything to make this kit work. It’s a mindfully mindless task, perfect for those Dark Hours of the Night. The kit includes Practice Search Rolls for you to familiarize yourself with the process of search, plus all the bins needed for a Level 1 penny search. All the dates are clearly marked; you merely act as a robot, placing each coin in its appropriate container. At the end of this process, you’ll have a large number of very high potential search rolls that could easily contain mint errors; at the same time, you’re learning to NOT look where it can’t be found, thus efficientizing your coin search process and saving you a ton of futility and wasted time and energy. Efficient means that you’ll be using my “production line” search technology, which is fully explained, demonstrated and illustrated on the DVD that comes with the kit. You’ll be amazed at how easy and FUN it is! The starter kit will be available after the testing week just ahead. I’m trying to keep the cost down to $99 — not sure if I can, but I’ll try. If you can’t afford that, just get the DVD — I send you the tabs and show you how to make your own homebrew coin sorting rig, if you can’t swing the price of the papier-mache handmades.

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New Mint Error Category Discovered

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Tired of searching and not finding? Looking for dates and mint-marks that have been around the block too many times? Want to zig while everyone else is zagging??? Well, zag no more! Try my NEW tutorial video, “How to Find the New Mint Errors”, which opens up the whole area of shield pennies. This is an amazing new area, and will soon overtake Doubled Die as the ideal hunting ground for choice specimens. There’s plenty out there — nobody has searched these yet. The video is $39.95 and includes all the info and lots of visuals to help you get started right away! Even if you’re an expert coin-searcher, you won’t know these newly accepted varieties, so get on board today, while there’s still plenty to be found!

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Alchemical Copper

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Learn to “read” doubles and other coin errors at a single glance! With knowledge and brain-training, you can transform a penny into gold! Here’s what the Coinology Search Packs will contain… You receive my DVD on how to search that particular coin, plus a sample “Brain Training” roll of example coins of that exact date and/or mint-mark. You learn where and how to look for the error, then you’re expected to go out and get a bank-box of pennies and perform a “raw search” for the same coin, to be tested in the “Search” part of  the “Sort, Search & Sell” strategy of Coinlogy. As outlined in the recent workshop, these are separate and distinct actions, and all three are required in order to activate the Contagion and Similarity Laws configured by your Matrix through the sort, search and sell actions of the practice of coinology. You’ll see my personal search treasures posted on the coinology website, to help you focus on the target areas of the coin for which you’re hunting, so you can understand exactly what it is you’re looking for.

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