Die Cap errors are amazing!
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Die caps are some of the most impressive looking errors IMHO because fo the flow lines and the dramatic rim.
Here's one I just ran across in Rick's awesome showcase Registry Set.
If you have any die caps, please post them here 
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die caps are just plain fun!
that multi-struck roosie is quite amazing as well.
Yep ... how this error occurred makes it an interesting coin error.
One thing I do not like about these errors is that photos rarely do them justice. We need 3-D photos for these.
I wonder how these escape the mint. Were they found in big mint bags? Certainly not the small collectors bags the mint has sold for a while. Escape through other means?
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Please educate me. How does a die cap error occur? Thanks in advance.
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Instead of not liking these errors, should it be more not liking 2-D photos of these?
I do agree it would be nice to see 3-D / angled photos of these to see a degree of dishing.
Very informative. Thank you!
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Here's mine that I showed off in a thread a couple of months ago.
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That's an awesome coin! Quite striking and beautiful.
Do you have any angled photos to show the extent of the dishing?
I have to say, every time I see the reveres of that Delaware coin, I think "Hawaii" because of the vertical lines between the letters, specifically: "H"AWA"II"
This is one of the most amazing die caps I've seen! Love the symmetry on this one.
http://coinancials.com/mint-error-value-most-valuable-mint-errors.html#.XzBorhNKjys
Modern Date Die Caps are close to impossible to find
Agree with EOC that modern caps are very hard to find. Here is one on Idaho.
Given how rare modern die caps, are how does that compare to classic die caps?
I actually seem to see quite a few modern die caps, especially the smaller denominations like cent, nickel and dime.
I should clarify to ultra-modern Die Caps
2002 is a crucial date in error coinage and I consider 2002 and up to be ultra-modern.
2007 was a big year for ultra-modern major error coinage brought to you by the Denver Mint.
Wow, just ran across this on Heritage where it's being sold by Simpson.
It sold for $51,750.00 on Aug 14, 2006 as a NGC MS67.
It's now a PCGS MS67. I wonder what it will go for.
That indian cent die cap is amazing!
And what a difference in photos. The trueviews show so much more detail
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The IHC is "recorded as number three in the 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins reference by Nicholas P. Brown, David J. Camire, and Fred Weinberg."
It was previously owned by Harrison Phillips.
You can also have the struck coin remain on the anvil die and the blank planchet fed such that it sticks to the hammer die. When this happens you end up with a brockage die cap, as the struck coin serves as the anvil die. There's an 1886 Morgan dollar (Ex: Amon Carter) like this. I have pictures, but not handy at the moment.
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There is an almost exact Die Cap like the 1886 Morgan
that I sold about 10-12 years ago - both pieces are
fantastic, but I really really like the '62 Indian !
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I think the other Morgan die cap like the 1886 is a 1903. How thin is the splattered 1862 Indian cent in what's left of the obverse fields?
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Hard to describe the 'thickness' of the Indian.
It's much thinner, of course, due to the 'spikes',
but my memory of it is that it's (the obv. center part)
is thick enough not to be worried about it being 'bent' !
That's not too scientific, I know .........
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Great pics, turns the coin into a damn bottle cap. Very cool.
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Though not as cool as the Simpson 1862 1c pictured earlier, here is an 1863 that recently auctioned at Stack's Bowers for $18,000.
It's definitely not mine, but I find it to be another interesting example of the thick copper-nickel cent as a die cap. I wonder how deep it is. The photos and description don't really make it clear.
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https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-NKRCH/1863-indian-head-cent-deep-obverse-die-cap-ms-65-pcgs
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