What’s your favorite variety or error coin?

This is my favorite error standing liberty quarter. A shattered die with 60+ seperate die cracks. To have the strike it has is quite remarkable with the die shattered like this.

 

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The 1972 doubled die does count as a variety. I will own 1 someday mark my words. I have other bills that come first for now.

 

1969 Canadian 1 Cent flip strike

 

Another Canada. 1946 $1, die clashes both sides. Obverse - clash of canoe (or island?) line in ear and aurora borealis line behind head. Reverse - multiple clashes of George's portrait. Sorry for old bad images. I posted on CCF a few years ago. These clashes are seen on other years, but hadn't been documented for 1946 or on both sides of any dollar.

 

I don't have a picture, as I do not own one, but I always loved the "Broken Nose" Mercury dime. Not sure it is as much of an error as a die state, but still, fun to imagine Liberty putting up a good fight!

 

I have one of those, too spirityoda. Every denomination, 1c thru 1 real in the current Brazilian series can be found with an outstanding doubled die, both obverse and reverse. The 2000 10c is probably the best, tho.

 

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I have one of those, too spirityoda. Every denomination, 1c thru 1 real in the current Brazilian series can be found with an outstanding doubled die, both obverse and reverse. The 2000 10c is probably the best, tho.

 

I have one of those, too spirityoda. Every denomination, 1c thru 1 real in the current Brazilian series can be found with an outstanding doubled die, both obverse and reverse. The 2000 10c is probably the best, tho.

 

No pics to post, but for me it would be:
(A) 1955 DDO U.S. 1 cent, and
(B) The recently discovered mule (why do they call it a mule, by the way?) for the 2014 Sacagawea Dollar with the Presidential Dollar reverse.

 

I think because a mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse.

 

I always liked the 3-legged 1937 Buffalo after seeing them is a large number of advertisements when I started

Bought the pair of 72/72 raw from Bowers for $225 each.


I've shown the 60-D/D DDO sm/lg a lot so I will leave it to someone else. Jim

 

Mine will be no surprise to those who know me. My avatar is a crop from a LDS (VAM-1C2) example that actually was my first acquisition of this reverse die. Here is the VAMworld page for anyone interested http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1883-O_VAM-1C1
and this is my earliest die state example until an earlier one comes along.

 

I don’t own this coin, but this one.

 

Easily this one. Most likely due to the careless use of date logos, and then an obvious “cover up”. With die steel being so hard to come by back then, there was little else could they do.

 

My favorite variety is the Doubled Die.
Here is a 1964 Greece 30 Drachmai DDO
Celebrating Constantine and Anne Marie wedding.
I have only seen 1 other for sale.


This is one that you don't need a loupe to see.
But I blew up the obverse for you.

 

How about that IN COLOR!

 

I was hoping someone would have a color photo. Thank you for your service!

 

I LOVE ALL ERRORS, EVEN THE ONES PEOPLE ON HERE SAY NAV, IF IT CAME FROM THE MINT IN A WAY NOT INTENDED, I BELIEVE IT IS AN ERROR, AND I BUY IT, SOME MAY SAY WORTHLESS DOUBLING, BUT JUST LOOK AT ERROR AUCTIONS AND SALES ON USA VOIN BOOK AND EBAY AND EVEN THE BIG GUYS LIKE WEINBERD AND SULLIVAN, I ESPECCIALLY LIKE OFF METAL AND MULTIPLE STRIKES, THOUGH THEY ARE A BIT PRICEY...

 

The mule is a reference to the pairing of two known dies on a previously unknown pairing as opposed to one or both sides of a new discovery being new dies. I believe the term's use goes back to Sheldon, though it could pre-date him.

The 1796 NC-4 is a mule using the known obverse of S-100 and S-101 with the known Reverse of S-99.

The 1796 NC-2 is a partial mule pairing the obverse used on S-93, S-94, S-95, S-96 and 1796 NC-3 with a new Reverse die used only on the 1796 NC-2.

Most 'mules' are partial mules rather than full mules.

Because the collecting of Early Large Cents by variety was one of, if not the earliest, denominations collected by variety, many of the terms from Large Cent collecting have carried over to other denominations such as mule.