VIDEO: EARLY DAYS OF THE ERROR COIN HOBBY

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The E-Sylum: Volume 27, Number 18, May 5, 2024, Article 8

VIDEO: EARLY DAYS OF THE ERROR COIN HOBBY

The David Lisot Video Library on the Newman Numismatic Portal can be found at:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

We highlight one of his videos each week in The E-Sylum. Here's one from 2005 with Fred Weinberg & Syd Kass speaking about the early days of the error coin hobby in the U.S. -Editor

Syd and Fred share their memories of the early days of error coins including the local and national clubs, the different personalities and publications. Their discussion includes:

Examples of the early publications
History of the first organizations
How Fred Weinberg got started in errors
History of the hobby and famous personalities
The need to understand and know the minting process
Why availability of errors has changed
The Belt Collection of 1974
How third party grading has helped the hobby
Explanation of the "Wow" factor

Speaker(s): Fred Weinberg & Syd Kass.

To watch the complete video, see:
Early Days of the Error Coin Hobby (https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/557183)

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