Error coins

Hussulo

Are you interested in error coins? What are your thoughts regarding the current values for British error coins?

Scott Wren has written a really nice article on the subject viewed from the prospective of a collector from Australia which has just been published in the UK edition of Coin News. If you do not get this magazine, I have been given the permission to publish the article on my website and it can be read on this page British (UK) error coins

I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the subject.

lordmarcovan

British error coins (and error coins in general) are interesting.

I once had an 182(-9?) George IV shilling that was perhaps 30% off center.

Crazy thing about it was, a dealer just gave it to me. He knew I liked British coins (they were my primary collecting focus at the time, in the mid-1990s).

I thought it was quite the generous freebie, especially considering I was a fairly new customer of his.

coffeyce

some error coins yes depending on the appeal. I only have two to date one us and one british

I am a huge fan of overdates. ive got a good group of british and Honduras examples

TwoKopeiki

Good article - thank you for sharing it. I enjoy both errors and varieties. For Mexico portrait series, quality control was pretty darn good. While i have had a number of struck-through and multi-struck pieces over the years, I am yet to see something more drastic like a major off-center. You can bet that when I do see one, I will go after it. I also like the uniqueness of each error coin.

Hussulo

<< <i>British error coins (and error coins in general) are interesting.

I once had an 182(-9?) George IV shilling that was perhaps 30% off center.

Crazy thing about it was, a dealer just gave it to me. He knew I liked British coins (they were my primary collecting focus at the time, in the mid-1990s).

I thought it was quite the generous freebie, especially considering I was a fairly new customer of his. >>



That was a great freebie. Errors have been big business in the US but often seen as a defect and substandard by traditional British coin collectors, but they are gaining traction lately.

Hussulo

<< <i>some error coins yes depending on the appeal. I only have two to date one us and one british

I am a huge fan of overdates. ive got a good group of british and Honduras examples >>



I'm a fan of overdates too. Can add quite a bit of value to some coins and good fun to try and cherry pick.

Hussulo

<< <i>Good article - thank you for sharing it. I enjoy both errors and varieties. For Mexico portrait series, quality control was pretty darn good. While i have had a number of struck-through and multi-struck pieces over the years, I am yet to see something more drastic like a major off-center. You can bet that when I do see one, I will go after it. I also like the uniqueness of each error coin. >>



Very true. You can often find major error coins from some countries like India quite easily but I cant think of seeing any Mexico portrait series ones. I'll keep an eye out for you.

Nap

Nice write-up and nice web site.

I did not realize that British error coins were so under-appreciated in their own land.

I only own one British error, it's a coin I've posted before, a flip-over double struck short cross penny of John or Henry III:


Lots of hammered coins are double struck, off center, planchet flaws, etc, and most do not command a premium.

In the US, error coins have a sizable following, and are more or less a mature collecting discipline, though bargains can be found. Popular errors, such as the wrong metal 1943 and 1944 Lincoln cents bring fabulous prices. 19th century error coins are fairly collectible.

desslok

I'm an avid collector of error coins. My main focus is coins from Israel, but I have a selection from several other countries as well.

This is a capped die strike UK threepence:


And this one also somewhat qualifies as a British coin, it is a coin minted by the British Mandate of Palestine in 1944, prior to Israel's independence. It's a low grade example and when I got it, it had a lot of PVC residue which I tried to remove with acetone with only partial success. Still, to me it's a rare and desirable coin and a prime example of error coins from that day and age:


You can see my entire collection of error coins at:
http://israelerrorcoins.wix.com/coins/
The website is in Hebrew but pictures of coins are the same in every language.

Hussulo

Thanks guys. Great errors, that capped die is something else!

coffeyce

After all this talk I was reviewing my submissions for PCGS and I believe this 1/2 Penny is a DDO. I could be wrong. I don't think its machine doubling.

if you look at the sides and the numbers in 1854, the words around the rim and the lower part of the ear you can see doubling.
Do the british even document DDO's for their coins. is it something PCGS or NGC would attribute on label?