Post your favorite overdate

jayPem

Looking to expand my overdate collection.
I have a short list of must haves and dream coins but there always seem to be more cool ones that I've overlooked.
Hook me up with some fresh inspiration 😊

Not mine, but here's one that blows me away...

joeykoins

Let's not forget about the old 1888/7 Indian Cent. I've had a bounty on her head ever since I started collecting!
https://images.app.goo.gl/rP177WWRYrd6oQpS8

yosclimber

Technically the cool 1864 Indian Cent die variety above is a Repunched Date (RPD).
To be an Overdate, it needs to be a combination of two different dates.

joeykoins

Oh? You're right. My bad

You learn something new everyday. Thanks

renman95

Zoins

Jimnight

1914/3 Buffalo nickel.

1630Boston

@yosclimber
Is this an overdate or RPD, Thanks

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1630Boston

Found this info?
I'm learning today
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Overdates
Definition: An overdate is a modification made to a working hub that involves two different numerals being punched or engraved into the same spot. One or more digits may be affected. Overdates sometimes represent an attempt to correct a mistake when the wrong punch was initially used to punch in a digit. At other times it represents an expedient measure. Dies left over from the previous year may simply have one or several digits repunched so that the die can be used in the current year. The relevant area of the die face is often abraded so that the prominence of the original date is reduced.

Overdates are closely related to re-punched dates. However, a re-punched date doesn’t involve the superimposition of one digit over a different digit. Repunched dates simply involve the repunching of the same digit or digits

BuffaloIronTail

My fave Overdate is to the left.

That was easy.

Pete

bolivarshagnasty

@Zoins Why would you crap on a great idea for a thread?

Jimnight

@BuffaloIronTail said:
My fave Overdate is to the left.

That was easy.

Pete

A true rarity in all grades.

scubafuel

In terms of dramatic overdate, a nice 1805/4 o103 half and 1806/5 quarter would go nicely with the cent you posted.
All in the same era when the mint didn’t seem to try to efface the underdigit at all

SmEagle1795

I sold this 1817/3 some years ago but it's my favorite overdate:

jayPem

@scubafuel said:
In terms of dramatic overdate, a nice 1805/4 o103 half and 1806/5 quarter would go nicely with the cent you posted.
All in the same era when the mint didn’t seem to try to efface the underdigit at all

Absolutely!
Add the 1802/1 wide date Bust$ and you have my short list in all its glory...😃

jayPem

@SmEagle1795 said:
I sold this 1817/3 some years ago but it's my favorite overdate:

Yes indeed..the very date that started my obsession. 🤪

PerryHall

@bolivarshagnasty said:
@Zoins Why would you crap on a great idea for a thread?

I think he was just interjecting a little humor and had no intention of craping on this thread.

PerryHall

Is the 1943/2 nickel the last US overdate? I can't think of any later date overdates.

drddm

I have many favorite overdates, but here are a few from the series I collect.

Dave

1817/3

1820/19

1824 Over Various Dates (4 Over 2/0/?)

TwoKopeiki

I quite like overdates in my series (8 Reales) because it gives you an insight into mint processes and practices of the time. There are major ones that resulted from dies left over from previous year having to be recut for the new one. If that happens to fall on a decade switch, you get 2-digit overdates like 10 over 09, 20 over 19, etc... if It falls on a century, it might mean a 3-digit one like the 1800/1799. Or it could be the opposite, where a die was prepared for next year's run but an unforseen die damage required reworking the digit backwards, like we see in a Guadalajara 8 Reales with an 1821/22 overdate.

And then there are silly mistakes, like this one. Die sinker messed up the order of the digits in the date, which if you think about the die being a mirror of the coin would make sense, and created a Zacatecas 8 Reales with an 1819/9181 date below

jayPem

Too notch Dave...👆

As for repunched dates, I've always wanted one of these..

drddm

Very cool JayPem!

HighRelief

The frosty 7 under the 8 is very noticeable.

jayPem

@TwoKopeiki said:

And then there are silly mistakes..

I have not seen that one 2K!
Super cool and exactly the reason I started the thread..wanting to find out about the unusual and odd off the radar stuff.
I consider portrait 8's my "other" series of major interest and still don't know much at all about the overdates. Of which there are many dramatic ones...
I'd love to see more here!
They are legit US colonial coinage after all 😉

seanq

Cheating a little and posting a foreign coin, this is a close up of a 1947/5 Colombia 20 Centavos. There are many overdates from 1946 through 1951 on Colombian coinage, all of them over 1945. Coins that show the underlying 5 this well are more sought after than those that show only a trace.

Sean Reynolds

matt_dac

I like the Merc 42/1 and the 1853/4 Seated Liberty quarter. I no longer own the Seated Lib overdate but I had one for many years.

Zoins

@bolivarshagnasty said:
@Zoins Why would you crap on a great idea for a thread?

No intention of damaging the thread and I hope most people have a sense of humor.

That's actually a famous overdate with a collector following. Do you know what it is?

keyman64

Sweet, a thread where everyone can post their 1936-S/192x Mercury Dimes!

1630Boston

johnny9434

the 1817/4 bust half

jayPem

@johnny9434 said:
the 1817/4 bust half

I once PM'd a guy who owned one 😅

jayPem

@Zoins said:

@bolivarshagnasty said:
@Zoins Why would you crap on a great idea for a thread?

No intention of damaging the thread and I hope most people have a sense of humor.

That's actually a famous overdate with a collector following. Do you know what it is?

I wouldn't mind knowing what it is..?

jayPem

@keyman64 said:
Sweet, a thread where everyone can post their 1936-S/192x Mercury Dimes!

Heck yeah!!
For me personally, if it's smaller than a large cent or bust quarter I'm probably not gonna get one.
Unless it's a love token or Hobo nickel!
Ideally I would be able to find the overdates I'm looking for on pieces that have been counterstamped, engraved or carved.
Tall order for sure, but given enough time they may start turning up..😊

koynekwest

This one-

Boosibri

keyman64

@jayPem said:

@keyman64 said:
Sweet, a thread where everyone can post their 1936-S/192x Mercury Dimes!

Heck yeah!!
For me personally, if it's smaller than a large cent or bust quarter I'm probably not gonna get one.
Unless it's a love token or Hobo nickel!
Ideally I would be able to find the overdates I'm looking for on pieces that have been counterstamped, engraved or carved.
Tall order for sure, but given enough time they may start turning up..😊

Okie Dokie...here is the Top Pop that I used to own. Posting this as an overdate usually unleashes a firestorm of activity. The Cherrypickers' Guide lists it as a "Possible OverDate" and it does look like there is a 2 underneath the 3 but no one has ever been able to match this up to any 1920s dated Merc. I am currently looking for a better example than this one(preferably higher grade and without a carbon spot in the middle of the forehead), just in case anyone sees one.

jayPem

@Boosibri said:

1777/8 ??

jayPem

@koynekwest said:
This one-

That is one of cool ones for sure..any known Hobo's on that overdate?

Boosibri

@jayPem said:

@Boosibri said:

1777/8 ??

1779/7. Single finest graded Charles III 4R to boot.

carabonnair

I wonder if this counts as an overdate or a repunched date - Liberty Head $10, 1865-S $10 865 over inverted 186
I sold mine long ago, here's the close-up from Coinfacts

bolivarshagnasty

@Zoins said:

@bolivarshagnasty said:
@Zoins Why would you crap on a great idea for a thread?

No intention of damaging the thread and I hope most people have a sense of humor.

That's actually a famous overdate with a collector following. Do you know what it is?

No idea about the coin you posted. Just felt forum members could bring great examples to this thread and they have.

koynekwest

@jayPem said:

@koynekwest said:
This one-

That is one of cool ones for sure..any known Hobo's on that overdate?

Indeed there is-

Bob13

Cool thread - a couple more busties....

cardinal

I sold this one a number of years ago!

oih82w8

Although I no longer have her, this 1853/4 25C is my favorite overdate that I bought unattributed a couple years back.

yosclimber

@1630Boston said:

This does indeed appear to be an overdate.
It's true that sometimes the under digit shapes are not entirely clear,
and it becomes difficult to classify a variety as an overdate or an RPD.

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1799-8-1-15-reverse-stars/6883

Pnies20

The one that got me started when I was an elementary school youngster was the 1827/6 bust half

Bullsitter

johnny9434

@jayPem said:

@johnny9434 said:
the 1817/4 bust half

I once PM'd a guy who owned one 😅

How cool was that. Wtg and am glad they responded to you

rip_f

@matt_dac said:
I like the Merc 42/1 and the 1853/4 Seated Liberty quarter. I no longer own the Seated Lib overdate but I had one for many years.

I know that the Denver version of the 1942/1 Merc is much more subtle than the Philly minted ones.
I'm hoping this one I found might be both an overdate and a case of die doubling. If it is, It sure would be just reward for the case of eye strain I got finding it!
Any dime experts care to weigh in? Thanks.

keyman64

@rip_f said:

@matt_dac said:
I like the Merc 42/1 and the 1853/4 Seated Liberty quarter. I no longer own the Seated Lib overdate but I had one for many years.

I know that the Denver version of the 1942/1 Merc is much more subtle than the Philly minted ones.
I'm hoping this one I found might be both an overdate and a case of die doubling. If it is, It sure would be just reward for the case of eye strain I got finding it!
Any dime experts care to weigh in? Thanks.

Just machine/mechanical doubling. It is not an overdate or DDO. Unless very high mint state which it seems that one is not, genertally does not add any additional value. Always fun to see, just not a big premium for that one.