ANA token errors
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Nice. I can add to it. First, not an error but a shield nickel overstrike for the 2016 Summer Seminar
And errors I made on the 7-ton mini screw press at the ANA money museum. A brockage and a fused multi planchet capped die
Not "errors" if they were made deliberately.
I came here to ask about this, actually. I assumed those were produced intentionally, does anyone know if they were made to order or did the ANA just play with the press and sell off whatever they made?
I remember in the late 1990s CONECA would intentionally produce errors on their Errorama tokens, which they would sell at a premium. Likewise the Gallery Mint Museum would custom mint errors on their early US coin reproductions. What would you call such "accidental on purpose" creations, and do they still realize premiums over normal tokens?
Sean Reynolds
"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
For mine, at Summer Seminar each class got to take a field trip of sorts. My class went to the Money Museum and was allowed to operate the screw press they have on display ourselves, with assistance, and create anything we wanted from a stright token to just about any error using the dies they had chosen aside from clashed die errors for obvious reasons. From rolling the pewter to punching the blanks to upsetting the rim to flinging the screw-press bar. Everyone had a fun little time creating what they liked.
Beautiful Pikes Peak Pewter pieces! I was following those and am glad you picked them up!
Nice tokens Stef... strangely, I had not even considered error tokens...not sure why, guess I am coin-centric... Cheers, RickO
I know intentional pieces are not considered errors, but what are they called?
"Deliberate errors?"
"Novelty errors?"
What adjective do you think?
I like novelty errors for these. But questionable and controversial U.S. mint errors like say last year's nail struck with dime dies or a dime struck on a nickel out of collar etc I would call errors just like the tpg's as there is no way to fully determine exactly how they came to be. Only speculation.