At a show last week I ran across these.....A very well done 1960 Denver Cent -" Mint Errors"! Set sort of.....By whom I haven't a clue , not the U.S. mint, in fact there's is no markings except as to what the image shows. The materials are as follows....I have not opened any I picked up 3 but the outer paper is a faded lite mint green, the color I would expect a "government agency" to have on hand in their everyday office supplies. under that peeking in from a side is the same sort of paper stock only heaver. again a faded coral color. I cannot see how the plastic widows are affixed but there are covers. the items has two sets of staples one 1950 /60'ish blue steel staples 5 hits were used to hold the package together. however the 6 smaller at both 12 & 6 K were added afterwards to hold the coins from spinning? "Afterwards meaning years later as to size and composition of the smaller staples. 1960 Denver Cent "Mint Errors" under each right to left reads #1 Filled S in States #2 Joined EN in Cent #3 Wart on O in One Now if one isn't an older member here ,or one is not a Lincoln cent collector , one may not appreciate this item ......I do ....PCGS Library has a really nice write up explaining the huge impact "Small Date " cents made in collecting in the early 1960's! I do understand the image above" is not an error". the coins were MS when placed in this holder and are turning nicely to a color one would expect from this sort of paper stock. Now I have seen other sites Aka Coins and Canada does list errors or varieties on their web site .These mostly consist of die chips and die breaks. That for the most part aren't considered errors but possible a variety . Most of the items listed Filled in S are very common found on coins. Joined letters again found a lot sometimes used as an pick up point on a variety. Lastly die chip or wart as so called here on this card. I'm not counting on hitting one out of the park with these but for their cost and their history well worth the money spent. they also fit perfectly in a fractional currency plastic bill holder. To me the value here is the history behind this little set...who made it? Why did they go through so much trouble? And Actually the print job is very well done, as well as the materials used to make this little set up. Has anyone ever seen these before? I do know roll searching this date was huge starting after May 1960.
I consider their errors . Mint should of changed the dies, but they didn't . That's a error on their ( mint ) part ..
I really like the coin holder/display for these 1960 cents that you found, they would grab my interest also. just the fact that someone encased and Labeled these is very awesome. I have found several 1960 & 1960-D LMC's with die chips. It seems like the mint had a few problems with the hardness of dies in the late 50's and it all came to a head in 1960. I think the mint had a major die blow out, and they had to scramble to get more dies made and keep production going. It may have been the reason for the Large/Small date thing. And the reason for so,so many RPM's.That is just speculation on my part.
I have 10 rolls of these ‘error ‘ 60Ds. $5 invested.Left over from estate but mark as these errors. Is there anything I owe the widow?
Nice read. Single "Die Chips" on a coin are fairly Common, more in some years than others, I think most would agree. What about a coin with Two "Die Chips", still "Common"? What about one coin with a "Die Chip" on the Obverse and one the Reverse? Still common? My meager experience tell me "not so much". Here is a coin with Two "Die Chips" on the Obverse and Two "Die Chips" on the Reverse. 6 in date, R in liberty, E in United and O in One. Obverse Chips are in common areas, reverse chips I just don't know.
