Look what I found in change. I worked as a cashier at a large grocery store, one day I broke open a roll of pennys to find this. I saw it as very unusual and kept it. After a few years I decided to have it graded by ANACS and it came back as simply a "partially plated blank" . I thought that this would be a much more unusual error coin. So my question is, has anyone seen this type of error before? I asked around at a coin show, and wondered how much is this worth? My answer is that it is worth perhaps 70 bucks to a error collector. Oh well, more than the penny it cost me. Although it did cost about 45 bucks to have it graded. I guess I'll just keep it.
Nice find! Unfortunately when it comes to selling errors, I have been totally disappointed with the prices I was offered. You can try selling it on ebay. My experience mainly comes from an error collector and seller who I ran into a a coin show. Oh, here's one on the internet. http://errorcoins.auctivacommerce.c...ent-Mint-Error-Great-Eye-Appeal-P5099079.aspx
I would love to have it and I have not seen that many....better than the $100 one in the above link for sure..
Definitely a keeper, nice find! I used to LOVE working at a sandwich shop and counting the change at the end of the night. Once in a blue moon I'd find a silver coin. If only I'd paid more attention to all the other possibilities.
Great pics - how do these get out of the mint? Or is the mint now fully automated that they have no inspectors? Or does Tommy's lead sock wearing workers sneak them out?
When thousands upon thousands of coins are transported along a conveyor system rather quickly and then dumped into large bins, it is not unusual for some of the errors to pass by unnoticed. Chris
I worked Quality Control for many years. I would love to take a tour of the Mint and see what there system is like. Trouble is the tours run fast from what I hear. I could spend a day just watching the entire process. And I'd have to remember my lead lined socks!
I went to the Denver Mint, I think it took less than an hour. I was rather disappointed how little I got to see/interact with, though I did appreciate the free tour.
