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Probably my craziest error coin

ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have a small handful of error coins in my collection, mostly off-centers and wrong metal strikes but this "double denomination" cent struck on a dime really caught my eye. It's cool how the date and each denomination is on both sides. Maybe an 11 cent piece?


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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,213 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that is cool.
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, super cool

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    KliaoKliao Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat! Really like double denotations.

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    MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is crazy.

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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,359 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one with nearly the same orientation of the olive branch. Love the look of the Lincoln Memorial through Roosevelts head.

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can see why you love it. Me too!

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice error!

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    scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is really cool! How does something like that even happen?

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,545 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scotty4449 said:
    That is really cool! How does something like that even happen?

    The tote bins used at the mint are used to transport planchets and struck coins. A struck dime got caught in one of the seams of a tote bin and when the tote bin was later used to transport cent planchets, the struck dime got mixed in with the cent planchets.

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    drddmdrddm Posts: 5,448 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Super cool, Erik!

    Thanks for posting it.
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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭✭

    yes. very nice.

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    JBNJBN Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coin has date on both sides. Very nice.

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    HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neato!

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    JeffMTampaJeffMTampa Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would love to know the story of the original find from circulation...

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it!!

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    vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting. That is a wild coin!

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    emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that's what its about.
    Great catch.
    I saw a help wanted sign at a mint.

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    davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,931 ✭✭✭✭✭

    so nice, almost like it was made

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is one awesome error! Looks AU or MS to me. Peace Roy

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very impressive error coin... dates/denominations clearly visible... An error collectors dream coin. Cheers, RickO

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    ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool error!

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    pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for sharing that one! That is a pretty spectacular error!!


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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not an error guy but that coin is right up there.

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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    philographerphilographer Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice also that it wasn't the other way around, stuck on a zinc piece that would corrode over time...

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's awesome!

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,511 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @philographer said:
    Nice also that it wasn't the other way around, stuck on a zinc piece that would corrode over time...

    Agree 200%!

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love those dime/cent overstrikes. Really cool.

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    happycollectinghappycollecting Posts: 264 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 24, 2020 8:12PM

    That is a nice double denomination. I have seen another version in which both reverses are on the same side. You can thus see "One Cent" and "One Dime" on the same side. :)

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    ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,899 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for all the props, it really is a cool coin! Forgot to post the grade, it's graded MS-66 by NGC.

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    WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like how Lincoln’s lapel fades off into leaves. Thanks for posting it up!

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    NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool 11 cent!

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wicked nice

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