Post random Error coins

Got this one from a coin store on the georiga-tennessee border. its a 1999 penny The guy even wrote (top left corner obv.) misstike penny.

 

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I have been told that this is a late stage die cap error. I found it in a bag of foreign coins.

 

I'll see your 45% O/C Lincoln and raise you a 50% O/C Lincoln.

Chris

 

This is the very first error coin that I got from the US Mint. It cost me all of 68c!

Chris

PS. I forgot to mention that it is one of only two known for this denomination/date/mm.

 

And I'll see your off-center 1989 Lincoln with an off-center 1976 Lincoln

 

Very cool! I wonder if we can get more O/C strikes from different dates.

Chris

 

that is awesome. what might the value of it be today ?

 

This is the 2nd coin that I got from the US Mint.

I submitted this coin to NGC at the FUN Show in January, 2006. At that time, it was simply classified as a Mint Error, and it came back PF70UCAM. When it was added to the CPG as a variety, I resubmitted it to NGC at the January, 2012 FUN Show for the designation, FS-901 Die Dent.

Since errors are not listed separately in the NGC Census, the addition of the variety designation made inclusion in the census possible, and it instantly became the Top Pop with no others, a first for me. There are only 12 known for this variety, and only 3 are graded by NGC - one PF68UCAM, one PF69UCAM and mine.

Less than two months after achieving the Top Pop status, I was contacted by an agent for a collector in California, and I sold this coin for $1,000.

Chris

Old photos before the variety designation.

 

Well, all I can say is that I learned of the 2nd specimen when the owner listed it raw on eBay in late spring of 2005. His coin was also missing the reverse clad layer. He claimed that it was a one-of-a-kind. So, I sent him an e-mail and politely informed him that I also had one (they both were found in the $100 Mixed P&D bags that the Mint released in late 2004) and mine had already been graded by NGC. He thanked me for the info and amended his listing with the update.

His coin sold raw for $555. Since errors are not listed in the census, I have no way of knowing if it was ever submitted for grading, and I continued to search eBay listings for another specimen for the next 5 years. None had ever surfaced. I can only conclude that these are the only 2 specimens that left the Mint undetected.

If I were to sell this today, I wouldn't accept anything less than $1,000. The funny part is that many dealers believe there is more value for the coin if it is missing the obverse layer. In this case, I disagree. Try picturing a red-faced Kennedy in your mind. I think the Presidential Seal looks fantastic in copper!

Chris

 

Chris. wow look what this SBA is asking for on Ebay...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-US-/253/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=missing+clad+layer&rt=nc
those missing clad quarters get good money too.

 

Why are you showing the Bison's butt?

Personal opinion?

 

I'll see your off-set 1976 lincoln with an off-set clash

 

While some people might think I'm crazy putting a value of $1,000 on my Kennedy, at least I haven't left the planet. That guy is nuts!

I'm curious to know how many others have seen a Kennedy missing the clad layer, obverse or reverse. I haven't been looking for the past couple of years, but I have yet to see another. You know, the coin is just big enough that if the side missing the clad was facing upward on the Mint conveyor system, it would surely be easily spotted. Maybe that is why I haven't seen too many.

Chris

 

Frank, have you ever been to the Riviera in Las Vegas? I don't know if it is still there, but they used to have the show, "Crazy Girls", and the banner read........

"No if's, and's or........



.......butt's about it!

 

OY!

 

I think $1,000 is reasonable. probably worth even more ?

 

I am not familiar with a conveyor system at the US mint that is used to optically inspect the coins. I suspect that missing clad layer examples are small & the mintage of half dollars is small.

I believe that I have at least one example of a half missing clad layer. It may not be possible to get photos because those coins are probably in a SDB. I'll see if anything is available for a fresh photo tonight. I know that I have a batch of quarters that can be posted.