Whats your favorite overdate?
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Here's my favorite. 1818/7 Bust Half. Kitty cat ears on the 8.
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Why Overdate himself, of course!
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I am not a big overdate fan, but among the few that I have my favorite would be the 1796 over 5 half dime. It was the first overdate in the U.S. series, and it is part of the early half dime series (1792 - 1805), which has fascinated me since the late 1960s.
1918/7- D Buffalo Nickel
Pete
I am not an overdate collector, but they are interesting - and the OP is really neat with the 'kitty cat ears'...
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1942/1-P Mercury, with the 1918/7-D Buffalo a close second.
1877/6 Liberty Seated 50c.
I like the various years that had multiple over dates on the same type...1818/7 and 1820/19 bust halves. 1802/1 dollars etc..
Don't care so much for those that aren't visible to the naked eye, which for me rules out most of the smaller denoms
Of course if it was being handed out, I'd wouldn't say no to an 1817/4...:)
I like my overdates blatantly obvious, so 1942/1 Dime and 1909/8 $20. I own neither of them though
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1853/4 Quarter dollar.
bob
Same here because they are dramatic and I grew up looking for them in change.
The 1865-S over inverted 186 $10. The 186 was initially punched upside down, then corrected. And it's gold.
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Favorite that I've owned: 1817/3 50C. Favorite overall is the 1797/5 $5.
I am kinda partial to my 1849/6 H10C V2 at the time
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The 1805 over 4 half dollar where it was tooled to make an 1804.
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Yeah, that one is a mess...
Has to be the 1817/4 Half Dollar.
Have a few favorites, including the 1820/19 Curl Base 2 Bust Half....
Dave
1918 over 1917 S Standing Liberty Quarter.
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1817/3 CBH of the ones I have owned.
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A lot of early coins have really great overdates among other interesting things, but my favorite is a 1909/8 double eagle. Big coin, obvious overdate, readily available....
This is my favorite
It's not a very exciting overdate coin, but the 1796 over 5 half dime was the first one. My piece is only a VG which does not help matters, and the "normal" date has a recut "6" which confuses things further.
Here is a close-up of the overdate.
Here is the normal date.
Here is the best diagnostic. If the berry is between the "E" and the "D" in "UNITED," you have hit pay dirt.
If it is under the "D" in "UNITED," you havn't.
Bill - is the "1" also repunched?
The 1824/2/0 "over various" is one of the more bizarre capped bust half overdates.
The 1817/3 is probably the most blatant.
Lance.
I will have to go the bank with my 10X to find out.
I owned an 1802/1 Bust dollar for a short time that I thought was pretty cool
Yes-this one. Common in low grade; near impossible in Mint state-something for everyone!
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1798/7 Large Cent.
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That is an absolutely splendid coin, but is it a true overdate in the classic sense or is it a "repunched" date?
1815/2 Capped Bust Half Dollar.
Another good one. As heard at the mint in 1802: "Geez, Louise! I'm not melting these and starting over. Just ship 'em and lets head to the tavern".
I'm surprised someone hasn't mention the 1909/8 Saint Gaudens $20 gold.
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Sorry. I missed that. Anyone like the 1803/2 $5 gold? It's a very strong overdate and quite visible with the naked eye. The funny thing is there is no 1803 $5 gold that isn't an overdate.
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The 1880 8/7 Dollar VAM-6. Ted Clark published a series of articles about the 1880 overdates in Collectors Clearinghouse in 1970, and I cherrypicked one of these but then misplaced the series of articles that I took with me to shows. On a family vacation to Washington, D.C. in 1971 I got my Dad to swing through Sidney, O. on the way home so I could pick up a set of the articles, and I fell in love with Sidney and decided right then and there that I was going to work for Coin World someday. It completely changed my life, and saved me from a boring life in Marketing.
That’s fair. You’ve probably got a valid point there. In my defense, I don’t collect either unless they’re called out as major varieties in my sets, so it’s more like PO-ta-toe po-TAH-toe to me.
This one because it stirs up conversation almost every time it is brought up.
Looking at the base of the 3 you can see the base of a 2. Inside the upper loop of the 3 you can see the upper part of the 2. These 1936-S dimes are only attributed as FS-110 and no descriptions are added. Many will say not possible, while the 2 is unmistakable.
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My favorite -
And a close 2nd:
And a close 3rd:
https://www.coinworld.com/voices/bill-gibbs/2017/07/for_a_brief_timeth.html
The 1977 / 6 Counterfeit cent.
The U.S Mint sure dropped the ball by calling it real at the start.
A fair question, and I will respect opinions from either side of the aisle, but since each digit ended up over a different digit I would say that it qualifies as an overdate.
Now, if you had a hypothetical 1881 over inverted 1881 dollar or three cent nickel or whatever this would not be the case, and you could very convincingly argue that that die was not an overdate, but as for me, I think I will go have a drink.
TD
As Lance said, the 1824 Bust half "Over Various Dates" is pretty fun. Not a big collector of any of these, but I woudn't kick it out of my collection either.
Some really great overdates here. I love "naked eye" varieties.
Here's some copper: 1802/0 half cent, with the overdate obvious even in G06:
hard to pick single favorite!
1807/6 US large cent is another "naked eye" variety easy to appreciate!