Are there any mint errors that you find undesirable?

dan1ecu

Which mint errors render a coin a "problem coin" in your opinion? Which errors lower the eye appeal of a coin, as opposed to making it interesting?

Dan

Smittys

Any Errors on Key date coins,
otherwise I like most errors.


Smitty

itsnotjustme

Let's see...

Clip - Great
Off-Cener - Great
Broadstrike - Great
Missing Layer - Great
Wrong Planchet - Great
Mis-Aligned Die - Great
Die Clashes - Great (Not normally called error, but still Great)
Laminations - I have little interest
Planchet Flaws - I have little Interest
Partial Collar - OK... enough to have an example
Strike Through - Great (Bigger/deeper better, Lint = problem coin)
Capped Die - Neat but I don't desire one
Double Struck - Great
Fragment - Little Interest
Mated Pairs - Great
Filled dies - Problem coin for minor, Neat for major
Eroded dies - Neat
Die Cracks - Neat
Cuds - Great

cladking

All errors are of great interest since they help one learn about the minting process. I don't desire
to own them except for the more spectacular errors and all varieties. Generally I want coins in my
collection to be as error-free as possible but I have made sets of just errors in the past.

cosmicdebris

CoinOnTheCob

Cosmicdebris,
Wow, that is an awesome coin. Multiple strikes WITH the date. Neat, Great, and I Like It!

Purple73

When I discovered the beauty of Half-Dimes I started working on a collection.....The I discovered that Half-dime with the big die cracks ( my avatar) and now I'mn turned onto that. Half-dimes with clashes, breaks and varieties is what interests me.

cosmicdebris

I wish it were mine. I only imaged it for a friend.

coppercoins

Are there any mint errors that you find undesirable?

Pretty much all of them.

michael

Which mint errors render a coin a "problem coin" in your opinion?


laminations and major planchet flaws

Which errors lower the eye appeal of a coin, as opposed to making it interesting?

laminations and major planchet flaws

seanq

<< <i> Are there any mint errors that you find undesirable?

Pretty much all of them. >>



Allow me to take those unsightly things off your hands, C.D.

To answer the question, about the only error I don't see the appeal in owning is a fragment from a deteriorated die cap. Most of the time they look like twisted shards of metal with little or no design on them. Pretty much everything else I'm gonna like.


Sean Reynolds

Smitty79

I never cared for mis-aligned dies. It gets your hopes up for an off center strike and then disapoints when you find the flip side perfectly centered. I find this a lot in newer coinage.