Nothing too expensive, just basically a conversation piece. http://www.ebay.com/itm/120641827864?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_922 I like it! Looks kinda like a moon.
Here is one like it that sold for $12 shipped in an auction. Although I have no intention of selling it, I don't feel like I got "ripped off". Don't really have the extra cash to buy error coins, not unless they are dirt cheap at auction, but I have always wanted to have at least one. Makes for a cool conversation piece. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item2ebbc02961&item=200718428513&nma=true&pt=Coins_US_Individual&rt=nc&si=rcUp720bAszy8MvcLPkgy6h1X4c%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_500wt_1287
Congratulations on your first error coin (I hope there will be more in your future) The date is 200 so this post really belongs in the ancient coin forum All kidding aside, Im glad to see your beginnings of an error coin collection. It is a great conversation piece. Don't show too many folks that you collect coins because that might be bad for security reasons.
I don't show every John Doe. However this summer I plan on carrying an old mercury dime with me and asking people at yard sales "got any old coins like this you wanna sell"?
The picture in the auction is not necessarily the coin you get. Description states "partial date or no date"; I think the price is a tad high for a no date off center strike. Anyway, enjoy your coin... at least it's an error you can see without the aid of 10x magnification.
According to the listing, the photographed coin is 1 of 12 others. Do you think your going to get your moon?
Something I don't understand about these errors. Back in the early 90's I stopped at a local coin shop and he had an entire bin full of these (hundreds and hundreds of them) and most of them had dates showing. He had them marked at something like .25 cents each. He said they were so common that they aren't really worth anything other than having it in a collection to look at. Why are they worth even a few dollars today?
Yes. It is 20 years later today. They routinely trade for a few dollars. I recall one dealer (still in business today) was handling them all with his bare fingers & speaking (spitting) all over them. It really pained me to see red off center cents handled that way.
