Post your favourite error coin

Hello fellow collectors,

I would like to see if it´s possible to get some of you to show us your favourite error coin from your collection.
Half of knowing your way around error coins is to see what is a genuine error coin.

Mine is this 2004 double denomination 100 Krónur " Iceland " and 2 Pence " United kingdom " Minted in the royal mint.

The reason is obviously the fact that this is a very rare error. It also has great sentimental value. Making this coin my favourite.



Siggi :thumb:

 

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I've shown this many times, but I never tire of looking at it. I hope others feel the same. This came from a US Mint 2001 Mixed P&D bag I purchased when the Mint released them in 2004. It cost me 68c plus the grading fee. There are only two known for this date/mm.

Chris

 

Beautiful coin Chris, Never seen it before.

 

amazing coin Chris!

 

Sharp!

 

My wife was with me at a coin shop and she saw this in the case. I don't know what possessed her.




Errors are outside my area of knowledge. I looked on eBay; and she looked on eBay. It do have the new 100 Greatest Errors book, so I have some relative comparison. Like the no-cladding error above, this seems inherently unusual. I have a table at a local show in a couple of weeks. I know it is not worth $1000; and I am pretty sure it can sell for more than $100. What is the expected range? $250? $350?

Anyway, for myself, it is interesting as a process error, a reflection of the production technology.

 

Mike,

Fred Weinberg has a listing on his site for a 1955 Franklin that is 95% off-center and he is asking $4250 for it.

Chris

 

Everybody must be sick of seeing these struck throughs.....these two are my favorites because I found them roll hunting. Not as wild as some I've seen but being unique, I like 'em a lot!

 

Here is my 1988 D reverse 89 mule. It's rare too, with ANACS population currently showing 3 coins. 1 AU40 and 2- AU55's

 

This 1940-S is my favorite for a couple of reasons. First, it's so "obvious", and second, nobody yet's been quite able to figure out just what caused this.

 

Okay! Here's my buffalo nickel which is an extremely rare error! I will go with cracked die and you won't see another with this big of a crack! Also, it's a 1931-S, the reverse looks great too and I need to have it graded! Look at the braiding!

Anyone know of an error dealer near Sacramento? thx

 

It is only my favorite because it is the only one I own. Disappointing I know!

 

Nice error to have, though! Missing edge-lettering dollars are one of the most significant U.S. Dollar Coin Errors in recent times, next to the 2008, reverse of '07, Silver Eagle.

 

It's not often you find something like this searching coins from Ebay, but this was pulled from a $15 bag of 500 wheats I purchased.

 

I love the fact that "united" can be seen in the Blockage

 

Wrong platchet nickel struck on cent

 

I fail to see what is so significant about poor planning when the Mint implemented the edge lettering process. I think it points more to ineffective training. There are certainly 10's of thousands of these error coins in circulation making them overly abundant. I even found one in a Mint purchase.

Wouldn't the 2008 SAE Reverse of 07 be considered a variety rather than an error?

Chris

 

That appears to be a retained cud. The edge of the die has cracked but hasn't fallen off yet.

Richard

 

That was the original assessment when I posted it originally in September...but as you cna see in that thread, there was some disagreement later in the thread, since the "missing" part of the wheat stalk wasn't retained.

It almost appears to me as though the outer rim of the die was...I dunno... "hanging by a thread" maybe, and "flopped" over? (I know...technical terms, right?)

Anywho..this is exactly why it's my favorite. I'm frequently taken by the stories of a coin...what might have happened to it during its "life"...more than I am by condition or rarity, so this one speaks to me. I love the mystery.