@Arnold Z Do you own it? Are we posting Mint Errors that we own or any we have seen. There are like hundreds of amazing Mint Errors anyone can posts..
I don't have the photo at hand right now. The most amazing I ever saw is @Fred Weinberg cent with a machine screw struck into it.
I was a able to get a pic of this from last years World's Fair in Denver. It was a bit out of my price range. Notice the normal sized slab above it.
This thread reminds me of the allstate insurance advertisements, I would sell and buy an actual mint error.
No offense meant sir. My point would be I find errors the mint struck on ACCIDENT to be moderately interesting, and own a few. Intentional errors I find boring and insulting to be honest. A mint employee STOLE government property, (or even if he reimbursed the mint for face value (unlikely)), he misused government property on purpose. I simply find that offensive both as a taxpayer as well as a war veteran sir. I never thought of sneaking government issued material home to sell at a profit under the table to someone else. These errors from the 60's and 70's mainly, (though have happened over many periods, never forget 1913 nickels are the same), I simply do not collect for these reasons. Of course its not provable now, I am not saying they should be impounded, just saying I do not need to spend my hobby money rewarding such actions against our government.
It is a sad commentary on society that errors such as these reach the pinnacle of value due to the simply fact that some people can Dupe other people, and create a desire to own them and they become a Status Symbol. Status = when you buy things you don't need to impress people you don't like.
No offense taken whatsoever. I'm sure the owner's of the 1913 Nickels, and other similar items, are happy to collect what they like, just like Mint Error collectors. "To each his own; it's all unknown"
Of course sir. All personaly preferences, and those are simply mine is all. Same can also be said of tons of coins, patterns, etc.
Does anyone know, read discovery article, or can guess how it "Bonded" together and how anyone knows it was struck within the US mint, and escaped to the wild? I thought bronze bearings were used because they didn't interact much with steel shafts under pressure. Jim
