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Welcome to Ken Potter's Variety Vault! Celebrating Over 50 Years In Numismatics! Our 43rd Year Of Producing & Dealing In Silver Art Bars, Silver Rounds & Coins! Click On The Title Or Picture To Get To Any Of The Pages Below Error-Variety Coins Formative Years Doubled Dies Rare Coin Reproductions Freemasonry - Masonic Temple Books & Supplies Silver Bars-Medals-Rounds Poker-Coins Hole-Card Protectors Texas Hold'em Card Guards Cook Islands Issues World Coin Offers Peanuts Coins & Poker Card Guards 1998-S & 1999-S "Close AM" Reverse Proof 1c Religious Medals/Coins Proof Sets Principality Of Sealand Coins 1998, 1999 & 2000 Ty-2 Proof Style "Wide AM" Reverse 1c 1983 - 1985-D - 1997 - 1998 Brass Plated 1c Strikes Repro Errors Error Coins Mistruck Rounds Detecting Counterfeit Gold Coins Book The Simpsons Coins Mexican Theme Silver Bars/Rounds Roy Rogers Coin/Medals Proof Sets Error/Variety Coin Examination Services Who Is Ken Potter? World Gold Coin Reproductions Betty Boop Collectables 1997 Double Ear Lincoln Cents Pre-Release JT Stanton Signature Series Certified Jefferson Dollar Sets Double Edge Lettering & Plain Edge 2007 Adams Dollars First Day Of Issue JT Stanton Signature Series Certified Jefferson Dollar Sets Educational Image Gallery Military-Weaponry The Simpson's Collector Bronze, Silver, Nickel "Coins" Adult Theme Coins/Silver Bars/Medals/Rounds Visit Ken Potter's ... Educational Image Gallery Every Article Fully Illustrated! Coin Show Schedule Our Favorite Links Our Bay Auctions New! Cherrypickers' Guide Ken Potter To Offer Free Error-Variety Coin Exams ... Polish American Numismatic Society Coin Show February 21, 2016 - 10:00-4:00 PM American Polish Cultural Center, Troy, MI Fine Polish cooking is reason enough to attend! Noted error-variety coin columnist and author, Ken Potter , will be attending the Polish American Numismatic Society Coin Show February 21, 2016 - 10:00-4:00 PM American Polish Cultural Center in Troy, MI where he and other CONECA Michigan State Representatives along with the aid of CONECA member Richard Stachowski will be offering free error-variety coin examination services. Ken will be there the for the entire show and the others will attend as scheduling permits. On display will be coinage dies, hubs, collars, punches and other tooling used in the minting process for a hands-on examination. Many of the dies will show errors such as clashed dies, cuds, shattered dies, doubled dies, etc. Potter will also be offering macro and photomicrography for coins that quality for future articles and will be offering autographed copies of his latest book, Strike It Rich With Pocket Change 4rd Edition that he coauthored with Dr. Brian Allen along with copies of the Cherrypickers' Guide To Rare Die Varieties 5th Edition Volume II , by Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton, which as its editor he will also autograph upon request. Application forms for membership in the Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America along with sample copies of their journal will be available. Potter asks persons who intend to bring coins for an opinion to limit themselves to about five coins per person. He stated, "We may be able to fudge a bit on the five-coin rule but we cannot render opinions on boxes containing hundreds of coins.” Potter to Speak: An Introduction To Error-Variety Coins Flying Eagle Coin Club Flint, Michigan May 12, 2016 - 7:00 PM Visitors Welcome Ken Potter presenting the CONECA Introduction To Error-Variety Coins at the Michigan State Numismatic Society Flying Eagle Coin Club is located Kettering University Room I-819, Flint, Michigan. The meeting starts are 7:00 PM. Visitors are always welcome. For more information on the Flying Eagle Coin Club meetings and it's shows contact Jim Daenzer at 989-723-8369. Ken Potter & "Michigan Consortium" Offer Free Error-Variety Coin Exams ... At Michigan State Numismatic Society Spring Convention! April 8-9-10, 2016 James Motley, Michael Howard, Ken Potter & Al Raddi Noted error-variety coin columnist and author, Ken Potter, will be attending the Michigan State Numismatic Society Spring Convention on Friday April 8th through Sunday April 10th where he and other CONECA Michigan State Representatives, James Motley, Al Raddi and Michael Howard along with the aid of CONECA member Richard Stachowski will be offering free error-variety coin examination services. Ken will be there the for the entire show and the others will be there according to their schedules. On display will be coinage dies, hubs, collars, punches and other tooling used in the minting process for a hands-on examination. Many of the dies will show errors such as clashed dies, cuds, shattered dies, doubled dies, etc. Potter will also be offering macro and photomicrography for coins that quality for future articles and will be offering autographed copies of his latest book, Strike It Rich With Pocket Change 4rd Edition that he coauthored with Dr. Brian Allen along with copies of the Cherrypickers' Guide To Rare Die Varieties 5th Edition Volume II , by Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton, which as editor, he will also autograph. Application forms for membership in the Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America along with sample copies of their journal will be available. Potter asks persons who intend to bring coins for an opinion to limit themselves to about five coins per person. He stated, "We may be able to fudge a bit on the five-coin rule but we cannot render opinions on boxes containing hundreds of coins.” The Michigan State Numismatic Society Spring Convention will be held at the Macomb County Community College. The feature attraction of this show is the wide variety of dealers including most from outside the metro area from all around the country. This offers an opportunity for local dealers and collectors to pick through fresh inventories. Early-Bird passes are available and recommended to those who plan to attend with an aim at cherrypicking. Early-Bird passes are $50 and allow anybody entry on to t he floor a day early during dealer set-up on Thursday between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM and on Friday starting at 8:00 AM. Early-Bird entry is at the front door on Thursday and at the back (left side) door on Friday. MSNS Spring 2016 Convention & Coin Show Macomb Community College - South Campus 14500 East 12 Mile Road - Building P Warren, Michigan Show hours 10am - 6pm April 8, 9 and 10am - 3pm on April 10 1926 Double Die 10c Reported by Michigan Collector! At the Michigan State Numismatic Society Convention! by Ken Potter 1926 Double Die 10c reported by Michigan collector at the Michigan State Numismatic Society Convention! Read the details and see more photos here: Read Full Story. Strong 2015 Doubled Die Obv 1c Reported! by Ken Potter & John Wexler Image courtesy of John Wexler December 20, 2015 -- First reported to John Wexler, news of a strong 2015 Lincoln cent doubled die obverse variety quickly spread to at least one of the error-variety coin related Facebook pages, but it is still little known to most others and just missed getting into the newly released Cherrypickers’ Guide To Rare Die Varieties 6th Edition, Volume II by Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton (edited by Michael Ellis). See the rest of this story at: http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/doubled-die-2015-cent-identified#sthash.OPvxlDO5.dpuf Note: All images in this story are courtesy of John Wexler except the 2006 1c DDO images provided by Ken Potter. 1964 Roosevelt "Hot Lips" Dime Doubled Die or Die Clash? Ken Potter's Opinion It has been proposed by CONECA's 20th/21st Century Attributer of US Die Varieties, James Wiles that the coin listed by him earlier as a doubled die is actually the result of clashed dies. Ken Potter, John Wexler and many others disagree. Potter's analysis is presented below. The problem with the die clash theory is that any design elements from the reverse that could have caused it are...