Back in the day....

HalfDimeDude

Back in the day where a roll of mint bag searcher could score big time, before the mint started to use better technologies for quality control.
I loved searching...and it paid off ...here are just 2 I have left out of a mess of Jefferson errors. Well I do have a date set raw of off centers from 5% to about 75% off center. I have a 99 D that 96% off with only 95 D and FS seen. Ill need to image that one to post.
In those days it was great fun cherrypicking errors. I had off centers, brockace, double strikes triple strikes, clips chips....all found in rolls and mint bage. Heres two that NGC graded .
I sent them like 50 specimens and some with full steps.
They liked my high grade Jeffs so much they even called me asking what else I had that needed to be graded.




Check out the 83 p partial collar / with obv. Brockage....can you read whats in the brockage? United from the reverse.

TurtleCat

Really cool! Were these from bags at the time?

HalfDimeDude

@TurtleCat said:
Really cool! Were these from bags at the time?

Yes

HalfDimeDude

TurtleCat

I always wanted to find cool stuff like that. I was too young and too poor to get bags (or even know bags were available).

Kliao

@TurtleCat said:
I always wanted to find cool stuff like that. I was too young and too poor to get bags (or even know bags were available).

If I wanted to find anything like that now, it'll have to fit into a roll!

Really neat errors. Great finds.

HalfDimeDude

@TurtleCat said:
I always wanted to find cool stuff like that. I was too young and too poor to get bags (or even know bags were

I never had a problem ordering bags,or rolls....or searching them....however returning them well...thats another story. As when I got married my folks came to me and the new wife about all the bags squirreled away in my old bed room,and the basement.
I was told to get them out now! Well I did and actually paid the note off on my new car...that made the new wife very happy!

koynekwest

That's some very nice stuff, Patrick!

HalfDimeDude

Thanks Ron I appreciate your comp.

HalfDimeDude

I recall when I found the 99 D and discovered that the 99 D and FS were readable I was like doing the happy dance...as ive have found some sweet errors but this one really got me excited as it was to cool to be true.

ricko

Those are great error finds. As I have said before on the forum, the only real error I have found in change is a blank cent planchet. Roll searching for me was half dollars... and nothing of note there except for a couple of WLH's. Cheers, RickO

Lazybones

Back in the day you could also buy common date Saints for $40.