Fresh from ANACS: a couple of cool errors.

fivecents

The 1997 is a MS63RD: DBL STRK, Broadstruck.
The No Date is an AU50: Large Clip. I call this one a Key Hole coin.

Fr8Tr8n

Me be tryin' but me no get there...no pic!

Fr8Tr8n

Hey I saw one there! Nice missing Penny!
(Using a Sony Mavica for the images??)

hookedoncoins

Now that is what I call a clipped coin.

fivecents

A second attemp at attaching the 1997 DBL STRK Broadstruck coin.

JrGMan2004

That's neat... now, how does one usually find a real broadstruck coin? It certainly would stand out in a roll... do you find them in bags of pennies?

seanq

Does the clip have a Wheat reverse or a Memorial reverse? It looks like it cound be a 1950s wheat or early 1960s Memorial.

If it has a memorial reverse, I'd bet my mortgage payment that it is a 1964-D. The Denver Mint that year had either a copper shortage or a farsighted press foreman. Of all the dated large clips (40% or more) I've seen, at least half, and maybe closer to 75%, have been 1964-Ds, and most of the undated ones I've seen have the correct lettering and portrait for that year as well. Here's but one example from my own collection.

Very nice coins, thank you for sharing them.


Sean Reynolds

fivecents

JrGMan... I purchased this one from my local dealer about three years ago. Most of his errors were found by the employees of Brinks or Lomus(sp). The mint put the pressure on these companies to stop their employees from selling or keeping the error coins or lose their contracts with the mint. Now of course the mint "waffles" all the error coins.

fivecents

seanq....Yes, this coin does have a Memorial reverse.

btw.... Do you think the 1997 is double struck? I don't see it. It looks like the "doubling" comes from the coin metal being streched while it was struck out of collar, not from a double strike.

seanq

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btw.... Do you think the 1997 is double struck? I don't see it. It looks like the "doubling" comes from the coin metal being streched while it was struck out of collar, not from a double strike. >>



Yes I do. I can see a faint ghost of Lincoln from the first strike expanding out toward the rim, and the rim is fully formed around K-9 to K-12. As I learned here recently, that bit of rim must be from an earlier strike, since the second strike occurred out of the collar.


Sean Reynolds

fivecents

Seanq... OK, Thanks for the lesson.
I attached a 2000 New Hampshire quarter struck thru grease.

Dog97

The 1997 double broad struck is real cool but the problem is the date is really 1-9-9-9. Great coin though.

nwcs

Wow! That's cool! I wonder how it made it through the upsetting mill without getting jammed or through the riddler?