That brings me to another question: Is there a market in darkside error coins as there is in light

mrpaseo

I think I have three darkside error coins, one has some major die cracks, the second is struck off centered (A weavy coin that the waves don't line up, from Iraq) and the third is Marty's weenie I think there might be a few more in the pile somewhere.

Just wanted to see if there was a market much like the lightsiders... BTW I'm not selling

Thanks,
Ray

lordmarcovan

I don't know if there is a market exactly the same as there is for Liteside error coins, but sure, there's a market.

And Darkside errors are a crossover point in the market, too. A lot of Liteside folks who wouldn't otherwise mess with Darkside coins do buy Darkside errors. At least the more dramatic ones like off-centers and major clips.

Sapyx

In some parts of the world, notably Europe and Britain, there can still be the attitude that error coins are "defective" and therefore worth less than perfect specimens.

This attitude, I suspect, stems from the fact that many collectors over there are into ancient and/or mediaeval hammered, and errors are much more common in those series - in many cases, errors are the rule rather than the exception, and perfect, error-free coins can command quite a premium. You'd need a pretty spectacular error (like, say, spelling the emperor's name wrong) to counteract this trend.

Gazza

In general error coins here in the UK need to listed in Peck, Freeman, ete,etc to be sort after. A few that come to mind are; 1903 penny with open 3, 1926 half crown with the : after OMN missing, the dot on the 1946 penny. There's very little or no interest in split flans or cropped coins etc which are just poor workmanship and should have gone in the scrap bin. I have a 1935 crown with the lettering displaced and partialy missing which books at about $1600.
Gary

Hussulo

I have recently caught the error collecting bug. I am trying to collect major errors especially British coins. I do agree with the statements made before that most coin collectors in the UK aren't very interested in them.

Link to them:
www.s75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/hussulo/Error%20and%20trial%20coins/