Hey Forum Folks, I went to the Flea Market today with the intention of setting up to sell, buy and trade coins! Well, things were a little slow today at the Flea Market with all of the other going's on around the area, so I decided to forgo setting up and keep my $20 Selling Spot fee and I am glad that I did. I went around to most of the other tables and booths in search of coins and I picked up a really nice and rare error coin. The coin is an 1854-P Seated Liberty Half Dime which is in VF-30 + condition with a strong Die Clash on the Reverse. You can see the entire outline of Miss Liberty on the Reverse and can even see the lines in her' Shield. The coins appears to have had a light cleaning but even with the cleaning, it should fetch a nice premium with such a nice error. I will again do some experimenting with my Digital Camera and try to post some pics of the coin later tonight or tomorrow. Frank
Here are the pics! Sorry about the quality! Well, I finally got a few pics of the 1854-P Half Dime with the Die Clash on the Reverse! However, they are not great and sure wish that I had that new Olympus C-7000 that I have been wanting. I may try some more experimenting with loupes and other magnification lenses to see if I can get some better pics but it will be late tomorrow at the earliest. You really can't see all of the details in the pics but with a loupe, you can see a lot more. You can not only see almost the entire outline of Miss Liberty, you can also see a portion of her head under the bow in the wreath, most of her left arm, the staff and flag and you can also see many stars strung from the "C" in AMERICA through the bow and stems of the wreath to the "T" in UNITED. Frank
Neat find. The close-up pictures are pretty good. I'm not sure I would call it an "error", though. I think of errors as coins that would normally be culled, but somehow escaped the inspector's attention. Not sure this fits the description. Anyway, it's certainly interesting, and I enjoyed seeing it.
Rob, I picked it up for only $23! I showed the coin at the Flea Market on Sunday and quite a few folks showed interest in purchasing the coin. I love showing error coins to novice Collectors which get a real education once they get a look at and can recognize what you are showing them. Many folks at Flea Markets have no idea what an error coin is, much less what they look like and when you show them a significant Die Clash and the process in what produces the error, they are really blown away and also impressed. Frank
