Hello All, I hope everyone on here is doing alright and wish everyone good health in these times. Here is another small group of error coins I wanted to post on here to see if anyone has any comments on the type of error, rarity, value, whether it's worth it to be graded, etc. As always, any comments are greatly appreciated and any discussion is encouraged. Now to the coins..... ERROR #27 ERROR #28 THANK YOU.
Kennedy looks like a pretty savage struck-through debris. Ike appears to be another struck through? An odd lamination flake?
I'm not an error coin expert but IMO the Kennedy Half looks like it was struck through a piece of cloth or string. The Ike Dollar looks like a planchet defect. Value is difficult determine but the Half may be worth something. Check eBay prices for error coins.
#27 Struck Through - Very impressive. I don't think I have ever seen one on both sides of the coin. It was a large piece of string or cord. You can even see the strands impression. It makes you wonder how the heck can a strand get caught around a blank planchet that way then get struck? Amazing. Even more amazing is that it is on a SMS coin! Very rare. Here is an example from my collection - But just on the Reverse side.. My example is worth about $400.00 You have the issue on both sides and on a SMS coin. Definitely worth to send for grading and attribution!
#28 - I say is also a Struck Through issue. Some kind of large debris that was stuck on the Die. Nice one. Also worthy of grading and attribution.
@StevenHarden I don't think I have asked on your past threads but how did you aquire such amazing mint errors?
Whoa.. Here is a similar Kennedy SMS with struck through string on the Obverse https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1965-sms-kennedy-half-dollar-obverse-1732200127 And I just figured out that it belongs to another CoinTalk member! https://www.cointalk.com/threads/19...obverse-struck-thru-thick-string-rope.265077/ @Kevin wu Do you still have this coin you purchased for $500.00 5 years ago?
These are cool. I have always wondered a few things about these. First is why string would be near the press? Did the string come down the feed tube? Mint worker playing around? Fun coins.
Thank you for all the information on these. Your example struck across the reverse of a Franklin 50c is neat, along with the other example you showed on the 1965 SMS 50c. As you mentioned, I don’t believe I have seen a struck through string where the string was somehow wrapped around both sides of the planchet and struck. As for SMS 50c, I’m not sure how much extra care, if any, was taken in the production. Considering it was 1966, I don’t think the mint had much of an automated system to put the SMS sets together, but I’m not sure if each set was put together by hand either. As for the acquiring of these errors, my father and I have been dealers/collectors in bullion/coins/paper money/exonumia/etc. for the last 25 years for me and the last 60 years for my father. Since 2008 we have really been focusing more on bullion, particularly in gold and silver, and less on type coins, exonumia, errors, etc. Prior to now, especially back in the 1970s/1980s, my father was doing a ton a business through coin buys at local hotels all around the Indiana/Illinois area. We were able to do coin buys together up until about 2011, when the state government in Indiana changed the rules for doing hotel coin buys and required individuals to have a physical store location. Through buying at these coin buys, everything would come across the table, from a small handful of coins to entire collections. We would also get contacts to meet customers at their bank/house/work/etc. to look through what they had and price out everything. When buying like this, there’s a certain amount of “miscellaneous” that comes along with the items you can turn for a quick profit. These miscellaneous items would include tokens, odd paper money, odd type coins, error coins, etc. Most of the these were just tossed back and accumulated over the course of 50-60 years. As for error coins, there were not a ton coming in at once, but over time, they amassed to a pretty large amount. Every time the bullion market tends to get haywire, like nowadays, we switch over and put out focus and time into these miscellaneous items. It just happens that our focus is on the error coins area now, which led me to posting a variety on this site. What I have posted really is just the tip of the iceberg, with some selections that I’ve tried to post that seem especially interesting or neat. If you and the others on this site enjoy these, I can try to continue to post more as I get a chance. I have done the same thing on this site before, with unusual paper money, tokens, etc. and have generally had a positive response. As for the 1966 SMS set with the error 50c, this was likely held back during the sale of SMS sets in the 1960s. In addition to what I mentioned above, we also buy out entire coin shops and inventories when they close/retire. This set was actually listed by the dealer as a “below average” set with a “problem 50c”. So, over all this time it really is hard to know exactly where some of these were acquired. We are still in the process of trying to get through these pieces and the information on this site provided by individuals who specialize in this area has facilitated that effort. I have actually received some messages from people wanting to purchase some of these errors. I welcome any offers, but that is an entirely separate discussion. I hope this gives a little insight into where these errors have came from. Each error has its own story. As I mentioned, if there is still interest, I will try to continue posting various pieces on here. Thank You.
All those sets were definitely put together by hand. The Mint worker would of had to pick one from each denomination then put them facing in the correct position
I read somewhere a long time ago something about mop head strings that break off. That's the only thing big enough to fit the description. But how would they get into the press? It's a mystery!
Any thoughts on the value of the Ike $? Also, for all these pieces you have suggested for attribution, do you have a suggestion of NGC vs. PCGS for error coin grading?
Struck through Ike.. $60.00 - $80.00 NGC are my guys when I send errors for Attribution. PCGS is also good. ANACS I believe is the cheapest TPG in pricing.
Thanks for that information. I have a good relationship with PCGS and NGC for grading mostly high-grade type coins or rare coins, but I have not done much with either of them on error coins. I have also heard about ANACS being the cheapest, but I do like the way errors look in NGC’s new holders. Just with what I have posted in the last few threads, I am accumulating a considerable amount of pieces to send in. I’m not sure if they have a bulk program for error coins.
I have seen some examples where both sides have been struck through grease, but not both sides struck through a string/cord/etc. Also, and this may be way off, but it seems like there are a lot of examples of halves struck through a string/cord, but not as many in other denominations. Was there perhaps a different process in place to mint half dollars as opposed to other denominations? Maybe something that involved mops in the feed tubes?? .....who knows Also, would you venture to guess a value on this SMS error 50c?
