2017 P Nickel Error!!! Mintmark Error!?! S punched on top of last O of MONTICELLO
Ckarhut
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Found my first 2017 P Nickel today and I didn't receive it as change; I literally found it in my house just sitting atop my fireplace. When I picked it up to check the date and mint I noticed something odd on the reverse. Put in under my daughters microscope and I'm not sure I can believe what I'm seeing which is why I'm asking for extra pairs of eyes, knowledge and if I'm not dreaming a name of the error type it will be. Thank you
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It looks like a small die chip inside the "O".
Errors such as this are not as common as they were in the past, but they occur with enough frequency to be considered still common, and have little value above face value.
The exception to this would be a die chip/break in a prime focal area, especially on the obverse, that would be an obvious drawing/selling point.
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@Ckarhut....Welcome aboard.... I agree, that is a die chip in the 'o'..... no added value, but an interesting anomaly, especially on modern coinage. Cheers, RickO
Fun stuff. Welcome to the forum.
Just a die chip. The way they do the hubs now, you can't "punch an S over an O". They aren't hand-lettered on the die anymore.
Looks like a die chip.
Mintmarks are part of the annual master die and not manually punched into individual working dies.
The defect is a die chip, as others have mentioned.
it looks like a die chip to me as well. welcome to the forums as well.
die chip, now, take a deep breath
BHNC #203
When was that switch. Wasn't it around '89-90
It was either 1990 or 1991...I think 1990.
die chip
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