Bust Boo-Boos. Post your bust errors
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My unlettered edge capped bust half dollar, ex: Dosier, Hilgard, Logan.
Likely the second finest unlettered edge CBH of no more than a dozen known and possibly the earliest date.
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I don't know. Something is happening here. Die crack, struck thru, some kind of lamination...I don't know!
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That is a well known die crack for the marriage.
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Okay, thanks @BustDMs! 👍
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That's pretty cool! @BustDMs
Not as major as a complete missing edge lettering, but this "Planchet Crack" (as it's labeled) is kind of cool. I'm not sure it's really a planchet crack so much as a small incomplete area of the planchet, but it probably would have made a good 14-gauge wire stripper.
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Henry sold me many of his Bust dime, quarter and half errors, including this:
I have handled a 1808 Bust Half missing edge lettering too.
This is (I think) the largest offcenter large size bust quarter known.
Milt Cohen had a 15% off center reduced size.
I am not aware of one that is more O/C on the large size.
https://minterrornews.com/features-11-14-06-milt_cohen_collection.html
My large size was just 5% off center but on a very rare over-date and in gem condition, selling in the 25k range.
Double flip over edge lettering. ex Russ Logan, ex Stewart Witham
Sorry, no edge pics as I have never been able to make the "flashlight trick" work.
You say it's a well known die crack. I'm hoping someone else posts one.
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Yes, they are pretty common, but one of my favorites. I have several in grades up to EF.
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Is that ex. Cohen? B-3?
OUTSTANDING!! Thank you very much for that! 👍
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@BustDMs I LOVE that no edge lettering example. It's an early date, has luster, and is a major error. Checks all of the boxes for me to make it a dream coin!
Most of these were cherrypicked, hence why there is not many major errors.
1809 O-107a Double Struck, Obverse Dentil Tracks Near Cap
1810 O-108 Clipped Planchet
1813 O-102 Edge Planchet Flaw
1814 O-103 Double Struck, Reverse Dentil Tracks On Shield
1818 O-104a Slightly Off Center, Light Dentil Tracks Near Cap
1818 O-107 Doubled Edge Lettering
1820 O-105 Triple Struck, Second Strike Slightly Rotated, Reverse Dentil Tracks Above Right Wing
1822 Doubled Edge Lettering
1823 O-101 Double Struck, Obverse Dentil Tracks In Lower Hair
1823 O-105 Double Struck, Obverse Dentil Tracks Left Obverse Field
1827 O-138 Incomplete Planchet Cut on Edge
1828 O-114 Doubled Edge Lettering
1829 O-109a Tripled Edge Lettering
1834 O-103 Doubled Edge Lettering
1834 O-115a Double Struck, Dentil Tracks Near Cap
1835 O-106 Double Struck, Dentil Tracks on Lower Edge of Bust
1836 O-120 Partially Detached Lamination
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@Byers Your 1818/5 is very nice! So rare to see gem bust quarters to begin with, let alone with major errors. It’s interesting that there’s a small group of that offcenter in various grades. Maybe it was a misalignment issue.
@Bustquarterhound yes this is ex-Cohen. He had such an amazing collection.
@jacrispies Great set of bust half errors! You have a good eye for the dentil tracks.
1798 BB-120 B-12 dollar Double Struck, evident strongly on reverse, not on the tag.
This is an 1835 LM-2 half dime. I've been informed it's a "broadstruck, railroad-rim" coin. I'm not a big fan of error coins, but this one is special: its acquisition marked the day that I had ALL capped bust half dime die marriages, and I got it just three days shy of the 2-year anniversary of picking up my first half dime. The last pic below shows the rim, and the coin next to it was just for scale, I think.
New website: Groovycoins.com Capped Bust Half Dime registry set: Bikergeek CBHD LM Set
@Bikergeek That's cool! Another proof that these dimes were struck with a collar and not run through the Castaing Machine. I believe the most accurate term for your example would be "partial collar." Were you the one who discovered the error or was it purchased as described?
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
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@jacrispies - Your calling it a Partially Detached Lamination. Could this also have been a old rim burr?
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@OAKSTAR Not a rim burr. This particular coin's defect is the result of planchet impurities. As far as I know, rim burrs have nothing to do with impurities. I suppose both partial lams and rim burrs visually can appear similar, having an arm of metal detached from the surface of the coin.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
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At the auction site I bought it from it didn't have much of a description. I was thinking broadstruck. It didn't have any photos of the rims. I was drawn to it because it was a marriage I needed, and I figured I could go a little strong on bidding cuz of the error. Someone else was apparently a fan of the error, because my underbidder pushed me higher than I'd expected.
Later, I took the detailed pics and got some pros to describe the error to me.
New website: Groovycoins.com Capped Bust Half Dime registry set: Bikergeek CBHD LM Set
A mis aligned die strike.
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Great thread
This is a wonderful example of why they upset the rims of planchets, and what happens when they don't!
@Byers that is an amazing double struck bust dollar. Most times there is hardly any underlying detail remaining.
Have you handled any major offcenter bust dollars?
Thanks scubafuel!
I handled a 1799 Bust Dollar 15% off-center in a PCGS AU 55 holder, but I can’t find it in my archives. I will try to locate images…
https://mikebyers.com/rarecoins-archives.html
@BustDMs I think you have the wrong reverse photo for the misaligned 1826. That crack is sign of the 1810 O-108 reverse!
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
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Calling @habaraca to post some neat errors!
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
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A bust boo-boo
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Calling @1TwoBits this seems like your type of thread also…
So it is. The photos were side by side in my album.
Great sleuthing!
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A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Nice errors! I definitely like the bust boo boos @scubafuel and @BustDMs. I've just about gotten to a type set now, lacking the half dime. The half dimes often seem to come with damage, and while I didn't pursue it, I liked the obverse brockage a few years back despite a scratch on the brockage side.
1TwoBits
1805 B-3 Double struck
1817 N-10 Brockage
Are there any errors known for the 1796 Quarter Dollar? The only one I have ever seen was a small lamination in the right obverse field.
There is a 1796 Quarter Dollar slightly double struck, rotated in the collar. It was in good or very good condition. Either Milt Cohen or Natalie Halperin showed it to me, I think around 1980 ish.
Here's the one in my 7070...
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Oh man @lkenefic, that is beautiful! Thanks for posting that! What a great example! And you broke her out for your 7070. You're my kinda guy. Thanks!
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@1TwoBits great errors! bust half dime errors seem very tough. I haven’t been able to find an image of an offcenter bust half dime (I did see a draped bust one though)
I might have a minor error somewhere, but don't forget the archive of Henry Hilgard's collection.
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Could be the only error for the type.
Has anybody ever done a specific error, such as off center or clip, by type? Could be tough.
Here is the correct pairing of photos for the 1810.
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Just took photos of this today.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
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Here’s my 1837 in an old ANACS holder with a planchet flaw.
Terrible pictures but you get the point.
1818 Large Cent, clipped
1831 Bust Half Dime, incomplete clip
Sean Reynolds
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Sean, that incomplete clip is really neat.
@BustDMs That is a SWEET off center double strike. Particularly because it has both obverse and reverse detail. Does it have a set of dentil tracks on either side? I am curious how that particular coin reacted with the metal movement during the first strike.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
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now THAT is sweet!
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Here are more complete images. As you can see NO dentil tracks…..humm.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.