Post your Accidental Cherry Picks

Got any coins you bought and then later realized they were a variety? Here's my latest: 1856 seated dime, probably XF45, that I got off eBay for $25. It's the doubled die obverse (look at the shield and LIBERTY banner as well as her staff). It's going to PCGS with an economy order. In the end I'll have $63 in it, and it'll be probably be worth $95-$125.

Let's see yours!

 

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I bought a BU roll of 1947 Lincolns back in the 80's for $10 and in 2014, this one popped out:

 

I knew this was a clashed die coin but did not know it was clashed with the $20 gold piece die.

 

I know you've posted this one 20 times, but it never gets old. I want it.

 

This 1963 quarter - didn't see the DDO until I got home. Ended up as an NGC MS66 (top pop).

 

I recently bought a lettered-edge 1836 Bust half. I estimate VF35, maybe XF40. $105.

On the Reverse side is a very long circular die crack encompassing about 3/4 of the coin.

After I got it home, that die crack made it easier to identify the variety: O-104a.

That makes it an R.3 ("Scarce") -- a nice bonus for a high-mintage Bust. Very pleased!

Under the "S" at 12 o'clock, this circular die crack extends clockwise down along the eagle's wing...


Same coin, different light. The die crack extends counter-clockwise under STATES thru UNITED...

 

an 1872 DDO cherry picked off the bay for $10

 

Nice, but not accidental.

 

It truly wasn't by accident you can see this ddo so easy. And for $10 there was nothing to loose

 

years ago, when I first started collecting, I bought this seated half on eBay. It is nearly PL, but some genius attempted to polish the obv. fields! Anyway, it is a doubled date, the marker being a large die chip above the 4 in the base of Liberty.
Sorry I don't have a close up.

 

Well this one was accidental as I put together a Franklin collection years ago and decided to put them in an album . Dug them from the safe and found this just the other day.

 

This was a big one for me. I paid $20 for this coin just because it was a civil war date and original. After I left, I took a loupe to it and found that it was the die crack CSA Obverse! Probably a $250-$350 coin.

 

I've got a few lol... It's the reason for my "The Blind Vammer" moniker above

 

1840/1840 wb-104 NGC XF45, NGC shows a pop of 2, mine not included since it doesn't have the variety on the label.

 

I pick this proof Roosevelt up yesterday for a buck. 1968 S ,It has a really nice golden tone from the rim to the center. Well that What caught my eye......... however once I scoped her out bingo A proof RPM -002 .

 

At the same LCS I snagged this Franklin 1963 D that turned out to be an RPM 002 D/D South also.

 

I love all these wacky die clashes that happen in the 1850s. The Midnight Minter strikes again!

 

This is the original seller's pic that I chanced for About $70.00.

This is the same coin re-holdered...

 

I posted this one in The toned coin thread but it fits this one too. I bought this one years ago for the color and pulled it out often to just look at it.
The whole time I had it I was actively searching for varieties and never really looked at it with a loupe. A few years back I photographed it for the toning and only when processing the pic did I notice the DDR. This coin ended up being the discovery coin for 1934P-1DO-004 on CopperCoins http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1934&die_id=1934p1dr004&die_state=mds

toner 1934 by stoneman227, on Flickr

 

I read somewhere that these were likely true accidents, caused by failure to follow procedure when preparing a die press for a different denomination. Apparently with the equipment of the time, if an operator didn't remove both dies of the a previously struck denomination first, and instead for convenience sake replaced one, then cranked the press a half turn to get easier access to the other, a mixed denomination clash was likely.