Here are my errors: http://www.omnicoin.com/user_view.aspx?id=rhm Not much, but not bad for rolls and change! Only one was purchased for more than face, and that's the V-nickel. So, what do you guys think? Good, bad, ugly? And does anyone else have their errors on a website like that? By the way, those aren't actually all the errors I own. I also have a nice 2002 BU 45 degree rotated die cent which I'm working on taking some better pictures of, aswell as a tube of minor die cracks, clashes and small laminations from rolls.
Pretty cool BigH and although you have stated (in a different thread) that you don't go out to buy coins like this I can certainly appreciate them. Mine, of course, are the 19th century coins that were loaded with clashed dies, grease filled dies etc. I do not feel those are a hindrance to a coins grade in those series as they occurred at minting and not post mint. It just happened a lot more. Love the Jefferson by the way. NOT something you'll see a lot of these days.
I can appreciate that. Personally, I like modern errors better than 19th century, but I have to say that some of those 3 cent clashes look pretty nice, especially when you can read the date on the reverse! Just not my cup of tea, since quality control was lower back then. Regardless, I think both modern and 19th century errorists should work together to learn from each other, and make the hobby just a little bit better. Oh, by the way, I don't think clashes take away the value to me (unless they're minor, or on a rare coin), but die cracks are just a bit ugly to me on the bust coinage especially. Still, everyone collects what they like. I keep every wheat and star note I found, regardless of value, and most of my errors are very minor. The four errors on my OmniCoin page are a bit deceptive. In reality, I searched through thousands of coins to find those, and even so, the value isn't very high. Roll searching is fun, and the coins are cool, but it's far from a profitable hobby.
I hate handing out bad news and that's all I seem to do tonight, but I think that first one has been hit with a torch or even a BIC lighter. There have been times in the past when I needed a soft metal with a low melting temp -- such as Zinc. And from this experience I can say that one has been hit with heat. The rest look legit to my untrained eyes. {edit} Copper, it should be noted, has a much higher melting temp. But it softens (anneals) at a fairly low temp. {/edit}
That's neat. Thanks for showing. I did remember showing a batch of Russian coins that I have. Should create a homepage.
Thanks for the input! That was my first thought aswell, but when I asked a noted error coin specialist, he told me that it looked like either brockage or struck through metal fragments. It's very likely that you could be correct, however, because the picture I sent him was not as clear as the one in my OmniCoin album. Right or wrong, I appreciate the info. Any opinions are highly appreciated. I haven't been collecting errors long enough to just look at a coin and say whether or not it's real.
That's a nice collection, you just might have motivated me to put my error collection up. I have several halves that were struck through pieces of copper (copper pieces retained) and several halves that are partial collar broadstrikes that all were found from circulation.
