Any Examples of Errors so Fitting they Make the Coins "The Perfect" Error?

Are there any examples of an error so suitable to the coin that it's on a level all its own, making it "the perfect" error coin? To clarify, I don't mean coins that are in the most perfect condition, or deep cameo proof errors, or the most expensive error coins ever sold. What I mean are coins with errors that suit it so well that its coincident error makes it both ultra appealing and magnitudes more rare than its "normal" error counterpart.

One example would be a Franklin half dollar with a deep die crack that just so happens to land exactly on the crack of the Liberty Bell. That, to me, is what I'd call "the perfect" error. It probably wouldn't even be referenced as an error anywhere either! Maybe one or two exist.

But, it doesn't have to be that rare and may instead be indirectly referencing a historic or social event - one fictional example to illustrate the meaning would be a WWII year Peace Dollar with the word "Peace" grease filled (again, this would be a figurative example since a WWII era Peace dollar doesn't exist).

Another more indirectly referenced example would be to have the 1952 "Super Bird" quarter error appear instead in the year 1933, the same year that Superman was first created.

Are there any actual examples of this so-called "perfect error" coin?

 

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Well, there is the "IN GOD WE _RUST" filled die that's apparently pretty common on Kansas state quarters.

 

If that was on one of the "Rust Belt" states' quarters, I think it would suit the historic reference very well, especially if it was a Philadelphia mint coin. If there was a US steel coin minted on the exact year when that Iron Belt state started to "show rust", that would make it perfect - but there isn't one unfortunately and the steel pennies don't coincide with those years. But that's a great example of what I'm getting at.

 

This may be more of a stretch, but another example may be a doubled date 1916 Barber / Mercury dime, since both those coins were produced in the year 1916. I'm imagining a doubling as fierce as the 1955 Wheat penny DDO.

Wouldn't this and the previous examples carry an additional premium over what would otherwise be a typical error?

Hypothetically speaking, wouldn't collectors typically seek a Deep Cameo PRooF-70 Franklin half dollar with a die crack exactly on the Liberty Bell's crack, over a Deep Cameo PRooF-70 of the presently most valuable year/variety Franklin half? Did I just create a "worthwhile" error out of thin error (or the possibility of one)? lol I know I'd want one.

 

I think my Eisenhower fits the bill, even though it's a one-off planchor error... If the detached area was anywhere but his head (making it look like he was scalped) it wouldn't be as appealing. It's the original "Zombuck" lol...

(And the fact that he "carries his scalp around" too just adds more to the value and awesomeness )

 

Matched sets of errors are so cool. One of the best I've seen was an ASE struck thru some kind of plastic. ASE errors are rare enough, but the guy who owned it had the piece of plastic, too.

 

The speared buffalo nickel comes to mind as these creatures were hunted almost to extinction

 

Nice coin! Does PCGS charge that as two separate submissions?

A 1985 year coin with that error would coincide well with the same year's theatrical release of George Romero's "Day of the Dead" and the advent of the zombie horror genre into pop culture. And, this may be in bad taste... but a Kennedy half like that Ike may be more "relevant" - not sure how many folks would want that, at least among Americans. Too far? It is what it is.

 

That's a nice example. Though, Native Americans did use spears and they were much better managers of nature than we ever were. Maybe die crack dots as bullet holes would be quite suitable. It could be called the "Buffalo Bill", after the American bison hunter.

 

I believe there is a die chip of some sort on one of the buffalo/bison quarters

 

Not sure how they charge for duel slabbed matching coin planchet breakoffs. I bought it, I mean them lol, slabbed
I'm still kinda debating having them put into a single double slab though

 

Fun fact: Native Americans knew nothing of horses until the Europeans came. Up until then dogs were their primary "beasts of burden"... Horses are so ingrained with native American culture today that most people have no clue that it was dogs for thousands of years and horses for only a few hundred

 

Cool! Plenty of native american movies and books include dogs, huskies and wolves

 

Yes, they have the Spaniards to thank for that - just as cars are as vital today as horses were then, despite its "short" history. America isn't the same without its Muscle cars or trucks Game changers!

Though, I don't know to what extent dogs would be used, save for corralling the herd.

 

Maybe a SF coin with a die crack the same year they had a major earthquake?

 

I still think this one is pretty cool.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/someone-chained-the-entrance-to-independence-hall.259053/

 

It would have to be a major one.

EDIT: Maybe a 1906 S gold coin w/ a huge die crack... more so if it's through the MM.

 

That one's neat. How about a 2001 coin w/ a "chained" struck through error over "LIBERTY" for the Patriot Act?

 

This wouldn't be a coin, but how about an 1871 Chicago banknote that's partly (mostly) burned wherever images of buildings are? Extra points if it coincidentally burns a shape of a cow. Extra, extra points if it actually survived the Chicago Fire of 1871.

Alternatively, maybe a coin from the year 1871 with red, yellow, and orange toning. Not sure which coin though.

 

This one came up just now on another thread I started, but it's relevant here. It's not an error, but it's considered by many as unattractive and damaged - milk spots.

Canada's mint is known to inadvertently add milk spots with more frequency than many other mints. So, they should lose the green enamel on this oddly shaped, strange "milk" commemorative coin, and only release milk spotted coins. Bonus points for selectively adding milk spots to fill the milk bottle and giving the cow its signature spot pattern.