Coin Errors

Mule Error with Sacagawea $1 Coin Reverse and Quarter Obverse To Be Sold

July 2, 2012

Stack’s Bowers Galleries has announced that it will be auctioning an error coin that has Sacagawea $1 coin reverse with an obverse of a Washington Statehood quarter. Such coins with mismatched designs, known as mule errors, are highly sought for their uniqueness and rarity.

Sacagawea Greatest US Mint Coin Error

September 12, 2010

In commemoration of the new book, the 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins by David Camire, Nicholas Brown and legendary error dealer Fred Weinberg, we’ve decided to discuss the greatest error in United States history… the 2000 Sacagawea Mule. Debuting in May of 2000, this slip up was destined to make history. At the time, it [click to continue…]

Edge Lettering Missing On Native American Dollars

September 3, 2010

Native American dollars in 2010 U.S. Mint uncirculated coin sets are being found missing their edge inscriptions. The coins involved are dollars that should have been processed further by a Schuler edge lettering machine but somehow bypassed the process completely or may have been run through it with the press assembly adjusted too light for [click to continue…]

2009 Presidential Polk $1 Missing Letter Error

July 19, 2010

A 2009-P James K. Polk Presidential dollar with dropped “T” letter on the edge has been found by John Morris of Florida. The inverted “T” from either the word TRUST or PRESIDENT is only the second example of a dropped letter on the edge of a Presidential dollar that has been sent in by Numismatic [click to continue…]

2005-P Kennedy Half Dollar Coin Shows Error

July 19, 2010

Strike-through errors are among a number of interesting errors that turned up recently. Numismatic News reader, Merle Hyldahl, sent an image of a 2005-P Kennedy half dollar that shows a relatively deep and obvious strike-through error on the obverse. Hyldahl said, “I was recently going through a bank-wrapped roll of 2005 Kennedy half dollars and [click to continue…]

Coin Varieties vs. Coin Mint Errors

July 13, 2010

Are you confused about Varieties and Mint Errors? Are you unsure about what varieties NGC recognizes? We will attempt to shed some light on the subject. A variety is a coin that differs from its basic design type in some distinctive way and is thus differentiated by collectors. The 1960 D/D Sm/Lg Date 1C VP-001 [click to continue…]

Doubled Die Lincoln Cent $100,000 Find

July 6, 2010

First there was one, then three and now there are four 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse No. 1 cents that have been found by collectors within just the past three years. Such a find is financially rewarding. One of them sold for $126,500. The valuable variety shows strong hub doubling on the date, LIBERTY and IN [click to continue…]

Coin Errors with Flips and Trips

June 14, 2010

Error coin enthusiasts are one of the great traditions of U.S. numismatics, if a relatively recent phenomenon compared to, say, collectors of large cents. The two specialties are not completely separate, but intersect on occasion; after all, if 21st century Mint technology wasn’t enough to keep this proof Ohio Statehood quarter from looking like a [click to continue…]

Rare coins: Why your pocket change may be worth a small fortune

May 18, 2010

You might—at this very minute—have a small fortune in your pocket or purse. In fact, it’s estimated that several million Americans every year do, and they end up spending it as “regular money.” Rare coins have more worth than their face value. A penny might be worth $300 and a quarter $3,000. What a tragedy [click to continue…]

How To Find Rare Error Coins in Circulation

April 26, 2010

Finding error coins in your daily pocket change can be fun and profitable, and it’s very easy to do. Follow the steps below carefully the first few times, so you develop coin-checking habits from the very beginning that are proven, productive methods of locating the error coins and die varieties that are circulating right now, [click to continue…]

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