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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 2998698, member: 90692&quot;]Some other mint errors that have no premium include:</p><p><br /></p><p>strike errors, less than full v.d.b, machine doubling, polished die anomalies and hairline die cracks.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are lots more, and it stretches across all denominations.&nbsp; It is the fact the errors are so common that precludes a premium.&nbsp; But some folks <i><b>do collect </b></i>these thinking they are valuable when they aren&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>One way to look at it would be &quot;The Art of the die versus the strike of the machine&quot;.&nbsp; Clipped planchets are an exception as, in my view, they are outside the realm of die and strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>The aforementioned errors listed above may be &quot;neato mosquito&quot; to find and show your friends, but only valuable to the guy who likes them.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a future post, I will explore &quot;notched&quot; letters and numerals, as well as the hairline die cracks on the recent 2017 pennies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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