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STEWARTBLAYNUMISSTEWARTBLAYNUMIS Posts: 2,697 ✭✭✭✭
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Mine is probably my 1974 S Aluminum cent struck as a Lincoln cent proof and sent from the mint in a proof set.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    haven't got a kool error yet but will report back when ...."i gotz me one"
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    btw...were'nt the 74 alum's philly proof test examples?
    you got an "S"
    here's pix linked to old post incase any wants to see um...

    1974 aluminum cent
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭




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    It was cheap too! Cherry picked it from myself....imageimage
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  • Raybob15239Raybob15239 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    My coolest error coin is a 1921 Morgan with a struck thru grease error:
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    What makes it cool? Its also the VAM 85 Discovery / Plate Coin:
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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yosemite State Park quarter from an OBW.

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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For my U.S. coins, just a double date 2c piece I got from Charmy.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No really cool errors... I have a blank cent planchet found in change. Some of these are incredible though. Always makes me wonder how they left the mint. No doubt some were smuggled out. Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the 1955 ddo thats in the safety deposit box image
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My Coolest...and ONLY error besides varieties etc I guess. This one spoke to me so I bid on it and won it. I really like that it is MS66 RD where most errors have grades below MS65. image
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Mine is probably my 1974 S Aluminum cent struck as a Lincoln cent proof and sent from the mint in a proof set.

    Stewart >>

    Stewart...you realize we need to see pretty pictures of this ....right? Come on......you can't start a fun thread like this without pretty pictures. We are a visual group here. imageimage
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  • sonofagunksonofagunk Posts: 1,349 ✭✭
    Mine is my icon. Please note, this is a 2002-D (very tough date)


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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That question is like asking me which of my children is my favorite .........

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,717 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That question is like asking me which of my children is my favorite ......... >>



    No kidding.... thinking about how to reply to this, I realized that most of my favorite errors are now in other collections. Based on rarity and the fact that I never thought I'd own one, I'd probably pick my clipped Barber Quarter. Ask me tomorrow or next week and I might give a different answer.


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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>That question is like asking me which of my children is my favorite ......... >>



    No kidding.... thinking about how to reply to this, I realized that most of my favorite errors are now in other collections. Based on rarity and the fact that I never thought I'd own one, I'd probably pick my clipped Barber Quarter. Ask me tomorrow or next week and I might give a different answer. >>



    I agree with both of you as I couldn't decide which I felt was my coolest either image
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Biggest error?? Not buying a gold $2.5 IHC or Sac/WA mule when they were relatively cheap!

    Stewey - isn't yours technically labeled as being on a foreign planchet?

    Cardinal - that looks alot like a time warp in a movie! image

    This is the only one I own - in the "Top 100" book.

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,702 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Mine is probably my 1974 S Aluminum cent struck as a Lincoln cent proof and sent from the mint in a proof set.

    >>



    Yeah, and mine is a 1934-S silver dollar overstruck by 1964 proof dies in my 1964 Special Mint Set. That's the ticket. image


    I've got a pretty neat 1977 Mexican 20 Centavo mated pair. It's extremely busy and has several other little errors.

    It's nothing much but I've also got a 1977 quarter struck on a nickel planchet. There's just something especially at-
    tractive about this specimen.
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  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
    I'm presently error free, so to speak.
  • DrPeteDrPete Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭
    Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken. That's an error isn't it?
    Dr. Pete
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<Nothing nearly as cool as Stewart's ...... but here is my best error coin>>
    Your OC Morgan looks way cooler than an Aluminum cent, JMHO.
    Nice piece!

    EDIT: I wasn't aware that the S-mint struck these too, always learning.
    Got pics?
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  • GBurger717GBurger717 Posts: 575
    Since we are talking about mint errors is this coin a fake? It looks it to me but I am not an expert

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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/WRONG-PLANCHET-Uncirculated-1980-D-Lincoln-Cent-CHECK-OUT-Free-Shipping-/320853703020?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item4ab45ef96c
  • GeorgeKelloggGeorgeKellogg Posts: 1,251 ✭✭
    Here's an 1844-D half eagle from the North Georgia Collection with the reverse rotated 180 degrees. I also have an 1841-D quarter eagle from Harry Bass, with the reverse rotated 270 degrees CW, but the TrueView doesn't show the rotation. The photography is courtesy of BluCC Photos.

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My "coolest error" is getting
    involved in collecting coins !!!
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Couple of Railroad Rim Morgans - Partial Collar Strikes. And a nickel 3C in circ. with a 180 degree rotated reverse.

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Charmy, I think you win!...AT LEAST for the modern category.

    Realone, that is pretty freaking cool!!!

    MFH has an AWESOME Barber Half error if I recall. I wish he would post it in here. The thing is BEAUTIFUL!!! I have actually seen it in hand.

    Lakesammman, I WANT THAT! Wicked cool. That is a family member's birth year and would love to have that.
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  • JazzmanJABJazzmanJAB Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭✭
    My Only Two, acquired from a board member.

    Lamination Error
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    Clip
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I used to own this a long time ago:

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  • goodmoney4badmoneygoodmoney4badmoney Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This may or may not be my favorite, but since we are talking about proofs in aluminum.....here's one I have....
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  • SUMORADASUMORADA Posts: 4,797 ✭

    If were including ..cumulative...these were cool in the day...(over 10,000 of um)....................2007 Washington Smoothies..

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  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Realone, I know you've posted most(if not all) of the errors before, but they are just magnificent!
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I like copper.
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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,709 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1917 lamanation error nickel


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  • Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭
    It's a nearly impossible question. I suppose I'll go with this bowtie indent.

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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 8,878 ✭✭✭✭✭
    US Denver Mint Grabener coin press, complete stainless steel feeding finger partially struck by 1992-D White House commemorative silver dollar dies:
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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    1917-S "Two Feather" Buffalo with laminations on both sides.

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  • frnklnlvrfrnklnlvr Posts: 2,750 ✭


    << <i>This may or may not be my favorite, but since we are talking about proofs in aluminum.....here's one I have....
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    Really cool! Was this actually found in a proof set?
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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hi guy's.My COOLEST error,in which it's probably not considered an error!A 1999 WIDE A.M.cent.NGC graded RB 64.It was the FIRST ,in any grade,{RECEIVED} by NGC!

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  • DenverDaveDenverDave Posts: 2,164

    I always liked this one, a lot going on with this coin...

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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,717 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>This may or may not be my favorite, but since we are talking about proofs in aluminum.....here's one I have....
    imageimage >>



    Really cool! Was this actually found in a proof set? >>




    There was an enormous cache of SMS and Proof errors from 1965-70 found in a safety deposit box in San Francisco some years back. The hoard was of dubious origin but the Secret Service cleared them as legal to own. I can't be 100% sure but I'd wager this coin came from that hoard.


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    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,606 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>US Denver Mint Grabener coin press, complete stainless steel feeding finger partially struck by 1992-D White House commemorative silver dollar dies:
    (also the same thing struck by 1992-D Columbus silver dollar dies):

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    I think Dan Carr wins the coolest mint error contest.image


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  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    I was walking and tripped... knowing I was going to fall face first I pushed off with my feet and went into a forward roll back into the standing position... totally unintentionally... That was probably my coolest error. If I tried it again I would probably break my back...

    Ray
  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken. That's an error isn't it? >>



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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mike, glad you posted. That 1898 Quarter is Amazing! Sweet!
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