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**Error Coin Guides on Amazon **
Rule #1: Avoid any coin book that uses "editorials.” Do not buy the book if it features glowing editorial blurbs or reviews on the cover or Amazon page. Thanks to Amazon’s extremely low publishing standards, anyone can self-publish and then invent phony endorsements. Virtually all of the glowing “editorials” found on error-coin and variety guides are completely fabricated. Common signs of fakery: The reviewer has a grandiose title but no real name (or a name that returns zero hits on Google).
They claim affiliation with respected numismatic organizations, yet no such affiliation exists.
They present themselves as the ultimate authority with zero verifiable credentials.
Examples of 100% fake editorial names you will see repeatedly (internet searches always come up empty):
WYKC Books
DBK Book Reviews
Numismatic Researcher and Author
Professional Coin Consultant
Historian and Numismatic Specialist
Certified Coin Appraiser
None of these “reviewers” ever list where they worked, what organization they belong to, or provide any traceable history. They simply do not exist outside the author’s imagination. If you see any of these names praising a book, close the page and walk away—the book is almost certainly low-quality or outright deceptive.0December 12, 2025 10:58AM