This weekend I thought it might be fun to start a thread for people to list their absolutely favorite error. As I thought through my collection, the decision was tougher than I thought. One candidate was my 1955 doubled die which my parents bought for me over 50 years ago. The coin is in extra fine condition and cost the princely sum of $20. I also have a real fondness for some of the varieties which were new at the time. I can recall the original 1938 D/S Buffalo nickel article on the front page of Coin World.. This was the first over mint mark to be discovered as far as I know. I can recall finding my 1942/1-D Mercury dime in a coin dealer box before they were officially recognized. I was very involved when the first 1960 small date over large date pennies were discovered. There are a number of others which have considerable personal attachment. I decided though, that this coin would be the last one I would let go. I have no official documentation, but it certainly appears to me that coins struck with two distinctive dates on the same denomination are much rarer than those struck on a another denomination. I only see one similar coin in the Heritage auction archives, but searching them is certainly an imprecise procedure. Anyway, this coin is not overly exciting visually, but I'm very proud to be it's owner. I would love to see other posters show their favorite coin.
This is simply a fantastic error coin! It hides into the design (reminds me of the What's Wrong section in Highlights For Children. How did you acquire it?
Yours is great! This is one of my favorite error cent! Double Struck 2nd Strike Rotated 10% Off Center.
Thanks! I love the DS. They can vary so much from coin to coin. That's certainly one with great eye appeal.
Back in late 2005 David Lawrence disposed of a large error collection. If I recall correctly it was put together by an investment advisor for a pension fund and there was some malfeasance involved. I'm not sure about that, though. A Google search gave me nothing. Maybe some of the members here recall this. As with most errors sold by"regular" dealers, they used the error pricing dart board. Frankly, I grotesquely overpaid for this coin, but got a really good deal on the assay clip I showed here a couple of weeks ago. Sometimes you just have to close your eyes and write the check, I guess.
