Hello guys, I'm a budding coin collector and just recently found this website. I have recently came upon the opportunity to purchase a double denomination mint error coin. I look forward to reading and learning from all here in the future. Thanks for any assistance you could give me in estimating the value of this coin. -Brett
Welcome to CoinTalk. What you have there is what is known as an "11 Cent Piece". (A dime plus a cent.) It is an interesting error for sure. I have no idea what it would be worth. I would suggest you search eBay and Heritage for completed auctions for similar items.
If you wait long enough , I bet by the end of the day , one of our local error experts will give you a good idea as to its worth . Cool error . rzage
Cool, thanks. I searched and searched eBay and couldn't find anything... but I didn't try Heritage, I'll go check it out.
Okay, I checked out Heritage and they only had two that had sold. One 1998 MS66 for $1092 and one 2000 MS66 for $948. I ASSume that's ballpark... I wonder to what degree this estimate would change with the 1995 MS64 I posted above?
They are worth somewhere in the $500-$1000 range depending on condition and desirability. Desirability is mostly a function of the dates. Ranked in order of least desirable to most: Only the overdate legible; Both dates legible, but the same year; Both dates legible and from different years. Hope this helps
Hmmm. it's hard to tell in the above pics if two dates are legible or not, I'm going to have to go look at this coin in person.. I assume the 1995 date is the "overdate", right? Thanks guys, you're alot of help.
The prices of overstruck coins are highly dependent on how much details are left over from the underlying image. If both dates and mintmarks (if any) are very clear, there is significant premium to it. Definitely not common.
Also, concerning the two that sold at heritage: http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=416&Lot_No=4872 They had obverse/reverse on one side and obverse/reverse on the other. Does the fact that the one I posted above has obverse/obverse on one side and reverse/reverse on the other side help the value or hurt it? If I were to sell this coin, what would be the best way? eBay, Heritage? or another way? Is Heritage easy to sign-up and sell like eBay? Obverse... reverse... obverse.. my head is spinning.
It doesn't matter what way around it was flipped, whether the obverse was struck on obverse or reverse - what matters is how much details are left over. That is usually the key factor as well as the condition which impacts the value.
Heritage is easy to sign up for but there is a minimum consignment value of $5000, meaning that if you would like to consign to them then you would need to have some other material to bundle with this coin to meet the consignment threshold. If you are just interested in selling it then just contact a dealer and ask for an offer. This can be done through the Heritage website if you want to offer it to them.
Hi, I would suggest that you buy one graded by one of the well known grading companies. many of these are sold on ebay as double denomination coins only to be coins that we call squeeze jobs. If the details are raised and look as though one coin was struck over another it's good. If the details of one coin are impressed into the other coin, then it is a fake. They are a great error type! Just be cautious! Have Fun, Bill
