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 News readers since the inception of the Presidential dollar series in 2007.
A dropped letter” is a relatively rare error type with its origins in the common filled die error. When debris, (often referred to by error collectors as “mint goop” or “grease”), clog a die, it may...
Full Article: Dropped Letter Error on Polk $1 - NumisMaster
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 is one such example of a variety. This coin was hubbed first with a large date design, then hubbed again with a ...
Full Article: Variety vs. Mint Error - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
1913 5C Type Two Buffalo Nickel–Struck on a Dime Planchet–MS66 NGC. 2.5 gm, which is exactly the expected weight of an Uncirculated silver dime.
This remarkable wrong planchet error is predominantly silver-white, but the centers display a whisper of almond-gold toning. Luster ...
Full Article: Unusual Items: 1913 Buffalo Nickel Struck on a Dime Planchet - CoinLink
A comprehensive photographic overview of small dollar coins exhibiting a very popular type of error — Missing Edge Lettering.
When the Presidential $1 coins were first issued in 2007, their design called for lettered-edge inscriptions. For the first time ever, the date, mintmark and required inscriptions were to appear on the edge of ...
Full Article: Small Dollars Missing Edge Lettering - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
Die clashes have been studied by coin collectors and numismatic researchers for many years.
For very obvious clashes, one can simply flip over a coin and see the feature of an obverse that met with a reverse die. Sometimes it is not so obvious. In these cases ...
Full Article: Die clashes come alive through video - Numismatic News
NGC has certified a Zachary Taylor Presidential $1 coin that bears the date 2010 D. The Zachary Taylor coin was the fourth Presidential dollar released in 2009 and should correctly bear the date 2009, not 2010. This is the first time that the wrong date has been reported on an edge-lettered US dollar.
The date on each ...
Full Article: Misdated Presidential Dollar Excites Error Collectors - NGC
The general manager of the Chilean mint has been dismissed after thousands of coins were issued with the name of the country spelt wrongly.
The 50-peso coins - worth about 10 cents (6p) - were issued in 2008, but no-one noticed the mistake until late last year. Instead of C-H-I-L-E, the coins had C-H-I-I-E stamped on them. The coins have since become collectors' items ...
Full Article: Chile mint boss pays the price of coin spelling howler - BBCNews
Of all the errors and varieties I featured last year, arguably the most important, at least in terms of rarity and value, was a second known specimen of the elusive 1992 Philadelphia-Mint Lincoln cent struck with a “Close AM” (of AMERICA) design style reverse. This year I start out by informing readers that a third specimen has now been located.
Back in the middle of September a Numismatic News reader from Connecticut sent me images of a specimen in an Numismatic Guaranty Corp. holder graded AU-55 RB. The variety, which has become almost mythological ...
Full Article: Rare Cent Count Reaches Three - NumisMaster.com
U.S. coins struck with dies of different denominations are extremely rare. Until recent years, none were known.
The most famous among those are the Sacagawea dollar reverse, paired with a statehood quarter obverse, of which ten examples are known, per Fred Weinberg. In Heritage’s April 2006 Central States Signature, a 1999 cent with a dime reverse ...
Full Article: Double Denomination Mule 1993-D Cent with Dime Reverse - CoinLink
