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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 1957388, member: 59737&quot;]Has anyone else mistaken a coin to be an error coin when it wasn&#039;t?&nbsp; If so, please post what you have so we can all learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve certainly had more than the two I am showing, but I just thought I would share a couple of mine.&nbsp; When I find my other photos, I&#039;ll share those too.</p><p><br /></p><p>One that I can&#039;t find photos of is a dime that was missing its clad layer.&nbsp; After I purchased it, I found out it was simply removed by acid.&nbsp; Whoops!&nbsp; [ATTACH]344506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344507[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344508[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344509[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344510[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344512[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]344513[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I found a wheat cent in change that I was convinced had gold stamped onto the coin; turns out it was just acid that had eaten away some of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was going through a bunch of wheat cents and found one that was impossibly small.&nbsp; I thought it was accidentally on a wrong planchet or something only to find it was dipped in acid until it was small enough to fit in a dime slot and fool old vending machines.&nbsp; I actually think it&#039;s more cool than just a random wheat cent I could find.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought and 1864 cent out of curiosity on ebay when the poor photos didn&#039;t explain why it had a smooth side but was listed as an error.&nbsp; It turns out it was a poorly done love token and didn&#039;t bother me so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share yours![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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