What’s your favorite variety or error coin?

I specialized in US large cents (1793-1857) for over fifty years, and as such I own(ed) several 'error' large cents. Most were striking errors. My favorite two are shown below. In 1817 one variety of US large cent had 15 stars instead of the usual 13 (a 'Die Error') even though there were a full 19 states at that time. A 'Brockage' is created when a struck coin fails to leave the coining-chamber and a new blank falls onto it and is struck between the die and the just-struck coin from that die. So my FIRST favorite error-coin is my "30-star 1817". An 'Off-Center' strike is obvious. An 'Overstrike' is when a coin is struck over an existing previous coin. So my SECOND favorite error-coin is my 1826 off-center brockage overstruck normally.

 

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I actually own one of these varieties entirely by accident...well, I sort of have a Scarface...

When my grandmother needed to be moved from her home into full time assisted living, the executors of her estate (my aunt and uncle) asked me to sell off her coins. A few rolls of silver dollars were included in this small accumulation, and I suggested that we give one each to every living family member.

They agreed that was a good idea, and I made a further suggestion that we send them off to ANACS to get my grandparents' names attributed on the slabs (partially to remember them, but mostly to keep some of my cousins from pawning/losing them.) So I picked out the nicest silver dollars (almost all were UNC, nothing special, with a couple AU58's) and came up one short, so I picked the oldest - an 1888 O in VF - and figured I'd take it, since I didn't care about the grade, just the memory of my grandparents.

Well, shortly after the coins were received by ANACS, I received a call from them notifying me that the 1888 O was indeed VAM 1B2, the early die state of the Scarface variety. I hadn't noticed at all, nor had I asked them to check for varieties, but they'd noticed it and offered to attribute it with my permission. Of course I said yes!

So, now instead of owning the ugliest Morgan my grandparents stashed away, I have the COOLEST (and probably most valuable among all the coins that we sent off - VF30 1888 O VAM 1B2 - by accident.

To answer the original question, I think my favorite (or, the variety I get most excited to find) is the 1964 D Type C Reverse Washington Quarter. Out of the hundred of thousands of quarters I've searched (yes, literally that many), I think grand total I've found about 15. (In fact, I was just asked to sort through an estate hoard containing 2,600 Washington Quarters - originally purchased for 3x face value in 1976 - and found TWO nice AU examples.)

Such a tough variety to find! I still sometimes dream of finding some BU rolls of them for melt.

 

I have two favorites:

 

One of my favorites is the 1813 50C "UNI"
I have one, but this is not a photo of that coin.

 

1946 Double Die Reverse Walking Liberty Half Dollar

 

DDO

 

I'm trying to reply to this page I just joined it I have a penny I'm in amateur collector could anybody tell me anything about this penny and what it might be from thank you

 

That was a pleasure to read, so wholesome all around! Really cool of ANACs to reach out as well to alert you to the VAM. Thank you for sharing that.

 

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Struck through something; what I don’t know.

 

With 12 Morgan Dollar sets without the 1895, My favorite variety is the one I have looked for for at least 35 years and finally finding one at a small coin show for a whopping $50.

 

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Pretty happy to find this in circulation.

 

My favorite varieties are the ones I discovered (pat pat). These are only documented in the BCCS journal.

1899-P dime with Reverse 2 (1900-1901)
For the reverse types, you have to look at the leaf veins and corn kernels.

1900-S dime with Reverse 1 (1892-1899)

1901-O dime with Obverse 1 (1892-1900) and 1/1 RPD
Previously all 1901+ coins were thought to be Obverse 2, and the RPD also undocumented.

 

Does the 1972 cent count as a veritey?

 

Wow you crushed this thread

 

Your 1811 is a cud in all the right spots for me!

 

Get over it

 

Thanks.
It took me a while to find it in a good grade on a good planchet.
If I recall correctly the planchets came from England and tended to be porous.

There are a number of Die States all centering around a progressive die crack and cud involving Stars 1-4.
-- Die State 1.0 - the perfect die
-- Die State 2.0 - die crack from rim through stars 1-4 and back to rim (extremely rare)
-- Die State 3.0 - branch die crack from 2nd star to rim with a cud forming below the first star (possibly unique).
-- Die State 4.0 - a cud forms through the first 2 stars (extremely rare)
-- Die State 5.0 - the cud extends through stars 1-4 (rare) [my coin]

Based on the rarity of Die States 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0, it looks like once the die crack started the progression to a 4-star cud went quickly.
That's why Die State 5.0 is not as rare as the others.