Hey CoinTalkers! I just figured I would make this thread for a little bit of entertainment in the "Error Coins" forum since I sometimes find it to be one of the most interesting forums on this website and feel you guys would enjoy a thread like this the most. Trying to spice things up a bit, you know? ... ...I'll start things off with this bad boy right here. This is one of the most magnificent errors I've ever seen on a Lincoln Cent, and just thought I'd splurge for it not too long ago. This thread is specifically for other collectors to show off and share some of their own off-the-wall errors, certified or uncertified! Lets Have Some Good, Clean Fun Guys & Gals, Brian ...So, who's next?
I really don't have much in the way of "off the wall" errors but my most notable are these: Dropped Element (letter): Retained struck through (wire): Retained struck through (copper fragment): Struck on wrong planchet:
I don't have many error coins, but I did get this one recently that I thought was interesting: The coin is a 2010 Yosemite 5oz. silver coin which has a 1/4" to 1/3" strikethrough error right in the middle of the mountain on the coin. I've seen plenty of strikethroughs on smaller sized coins, but with this coin it is the first time I've received a coin that not only has a strikethrough, but also has the item which found it's way between the planchet and the die. Just to the left of the srtikethrough in the photo is a small piece of hard plastic or maybe rubber that caused the error. I suspect on smaller sized coins the foreign material or object typically gets separated from the error coin as the coin is rolled or bagged. But with these big bullion coins, the object was retained on the coin. When I received the coin I though it was just debris on the surface and was pretty surprised when I moved it over a bit and saw that big strikethrough. Have no clue if this sort of error is collectible or whether it adds any value, but I did think it was interesting.
1943 Half Ruppee double struck. My buddy asked me to hold this coin until our next NGC submission because he misplaced it at his busy coin shop several times. I find it interesting and who knows what it would fetch if ever sold, but coins like this are hard to come by and tough to put a value on. What else do you guys have? Matt
Can we put Redwin117's and this thread together, they are both the same subject and are both active at the same time....
