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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ben_Bovas, post: 3188, member: 476&quot;]First, let me say that I am not a &quot;error&quot; expert. I own only a couple of off-centered cents. However, from what I understand these kinds of mint production irregularities would be considered varieties, not errors. This is to say that the production of coins with the characteristics mentioned is repeated hundreds or thousands of times, perhaps for the life of the die or at least for a given day&#039;s run, until the problem is discovered and corrected. These varieties sound more like variations in the die production where the numerals are poorly rendered on the die, rather than an error in striking pressure.</p><p><br /></p><p>An error is just that, a mistake: off-centered, broadstruck, wrong planchet, brockages, and all the other types of blunders occasionally created by the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>As with all collectibles, if people become interested in such things they could become more valuable than the run of the mill varieties. It helps if the variety is obvious to the naked eye: the 1922 cent, the 1955 double-die cent, three-legged buffalo, etc. If it gets listed in the price sheets, then it could rise in value, at least briefly, like whatever variety of SBA dollar that was that took off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Write an article about it and get someone to publish it. Then it could be worth more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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