Why I'm finding so many? Should I keep like everyone of them??? They all look like keepers. But I have a lot now..
Very cool to find. And good to keep, I think they can be worth a few dollars each. There are Minor and Major Die Clash cents that hold different premiums. Minor Error collector like these for the type. You may be able to sell or trade them.
This kind of reminds me of when I started finding four-leaf clovers: when I found my first few, I thought they were cool, so I pressed and saved every one I found... but then I started finding them all the time, and it became annoying. Eventually, I had stop looking down so I wouldn't find them and have to go through the process of picking, pressing, and storing.
Right. That's all I ever did as a kid. I'll sit in the middle of a clover patch and find 10 at a time. It got very old to me cause it was so easy to find.
FYI, clashed dies coins are not errors. They were issued from the mint struck on the correct planchets using the correct dies. Doubled die coins aren't errors either.
When a planchet fails to enter the coining chamber and both the hammer die strikes the anvil die, imparting design features of the opposing die into each die face. When a planchet does enter the coining chamber it is struck with the clashed dies and will show details of the obverse on the reverse and visa versa.. it's a kind of an error.
Kind of, but not. Unless they are struck out of the collar, or on the wrong planchet. It is a variety, but the minting process followed the operating procedure. One is a QC problem (clashed dies, doubled dies), and the other a QA problem (wrong planchet, broad strike, clipped planchet, off-strike.)
