Is There a Coin Collectors Club that Specializes in Error Coins?
Is There a Coin Collectors Club that Specializes in Error Coins?There are two well-known and outstanding coin clubs for American coin collectors: the American Numismatic Association (ANA), and the American Numismatic Society (ANS.) But is there anywhere that error coins and die variety collectors can meet kindred spirits?Answer: CONECA, which stands for Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America, is the coin collectors club which focuses on error coins and die varieties. CONECA, as its name states, was formed in 1983 by combining the clubs CONE (Collectors of Numismatic Errors) and NECA (Numismatic Error Collectors of America) into one organization. Prior to this, the two clubs had two fairly different philosophies regarding cataloging and describing error coins and minting (and die) varieties. Describing Coin Errors With the PDS System One of the key advances in minting error theory that allowed the two clubs to join together as one, (and to see the cataloging an
