Top ten cent errors/varieties

What do you feel are the top ten cent errors/varieties based on value? I am curious to see if everyones list is the same.

 

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Since the value of, both, errors and varieties are dependant upon how many people want them at any given time, I don't think you'll get much of a consensus of opinion on any one coin.

Chris

 

I'm putting in my vote for the 1968 and 1975 no S proofs for the Roosevelt Dimes. 1945 micro S, 1928 large and small S and 1934 large and small D for the Mercury Dimes. You could also find a "broken nose" Mercury Dime (which I still really want by the way). As for the Barbers I believe there is a 1905 micro O and a 1901 horizontal O. That would be my list.

 

Friends at NGC seem to have a good list for each type: Here are Barbers, Mercuries, and Roosevelt in that order. Enjoy the hunt!

http://www.ngccoin.com/vp-sub-categ...ry=half-dimes-and-dimes&cointype=barber-dimes

http://www.ngccoin.com/vp-sub-categ...y=half-dimes-and-dimes&cointype=mercury-dimes

http://www.ngccoin.com/vp-sub-categ...-dimes&cointype=roosevelt-dimes-die-varieties

 

Maybe I misunderstood the post, maybe others did. Is the question:

#1) What are the top 10C errors?

-or-

#2) What are the top ten 1C errors?

Slight difference

 

I can do a top 5
1 1793 strawberry leaf
2 1795 reeded edge
3 1795 Jefferson head
4 1794 starred reverse
5 1796 no stems reverse
For later (small) cents the top 3 I can think of are
1 1955 double die
2 1922 plain
3 1972 double die
I didn't count the vdb type as I consider it a seperate type rather than a variety or error

 

I read it as 10 top cent errors

 

Sorry...my bad. I recant previous posts. Just got excited talking about dimes in the early morning.

 

Thanks for the replies so far everyone. I did mean 10 top 1 cent errors/varieties (most specifically small cents, but I like the thoughts on large cents as well). Sorry about that, I didn't make that very clear. Thank you for the information though Dime Guy, it is definitely something I will be able to use.

 

I guess you could interpret this many ways, I read it as the top 10 1-cent errors, which to me, speaks of wild and wow-factor striking errors.

Certainly this error makes the top 10:

1979D Lincoln bonded cluster, sold at the 2012 Stacks-Bowers ANA auction.

http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/coin-auctions-the-ana-rarities-night-part-4-u-s-mint-errors/

 

Errors are tough, because each one is unique in its own way.

As for varieties, no one has mentioned the 1873 Doubled liberty Indian head cent (in high grade) as a top variety.