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The Rarest Series for Major Error Cents is The Shield Cent and Here is a Big one .......

ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

I love ultra-modern major error coins because they are so much rarer than coins produced before 2002.

This one will go to PCGS for certification. I have brokered 3 Major Sheild Cent Error Coins and I only know of one other Major Sheild Cent Error. An extremely rare series for major error coins.

Enjoy, Chris

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    GoldenEggGoldenEgg Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Paperchasesue on ebay sells them. They usually sell at a good price too. Nice example!

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    KliaoKliao Posts: 5,470 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow nice

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    BustDMsBustDMs Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really cool!

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    happycollectinghappycollecting Posts: 264 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice example, EOC. :)

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice !!!

    Timbuk3
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep.... I would call that one a 'major' error....You do find the big ones....Cheers, RickO

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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 22, 2019 10:06AM

    I hope all the errors fit on the PCGS label ...

    Triple or Multi Struck, last strike Off Center
    Huge Broadstruck
    Large Struck Thru
    Perhaps more, anything other errors?

    What would you call the circular line on the bottom of the first image and the top of the second image?

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,673 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a wonderful mess of an error! Was that in a bank bag? Peace Roy

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,513 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice piece. Hang onto that one

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    scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,734 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @goldenegg paperchasesue is still around?! I was buying errors from them on eBay back in 2000. I figured they must have had good access to bank bags given what they were selling.

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love these types of posts from you @ErrorsOnCoins Very,very cool!

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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:
    I love these types of posts from you @ErrorsOnCoins Very,very cool!

    Thank you.

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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,575 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scubafuel said:
    @goldenegg paperchasesue is still around?! I was buying errors from them on eBay back in 2000. I figured they must have had good access to bank bags given what they were selling.

    She is absolutely still around, I would wager at least two-thirds of the zinc cent clips in my set came from her. I have no idea how she does it, but for 15 years she has been the single best source anywhere for zinc clips, up to and including the shield reverse coins.

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    What would you call the circular line on the bottom of the first image and the top of the second image?

    I would describe it as a collar scar, though that is based on the old vertical striking machinery, I could be way off on how those marks came to be on a horizontally struck coin.

    Sean Reynolds

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    errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭

    It appears to be triple struck, with the first strike off-center and uniface on the reverse (upper) side, the second strike centered and die-struck both sides, and the third strike off-center and uniface on the obverse (lower) side. Of course, there's a major struck-through error on the reverse, most likely from a floating encrustation.

    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
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    errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭

    Actually, it's quadruple-struck, with two relatively well-centered strikes interposed between the two off-center strikes. Complex, whichever way you look at it.

    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
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    errormavenerrormaven Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭

    My opinion keeps changing as I look at it. Right now it appears the first strike was centered, the second strike off-center and uniface, the third strike centered, and the fourth strike off-center and uniface. I also see evidence of additional strike lines. Very cool error.

    Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 27, 2019 1:38PM

    Thank you, Mike.

    Yes, there is a lot going on. The date 2016 itself shows a double strike so at least 4 strikes

    Will Fred be able to fit it all on the label? :D

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