Today's Local Show Error Coin Finds
StrikeOutXXX
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They came as a package deal, but just finding any interesting errors at my monthly show is a plus
3 are pretty straight forward, 2 I'm still running the scenarios through my mind.
1966 Cent Lamination - Sort of run of the mill lamination, but came with the lot - reverse is normal.
1967 Half Clip - another minor error, but I like finding them on 40%'ers
1978 Quarter Off-Center. Little more interesting, but not a "Wow" error:
196? Cent - What do you think on this one - I have a pretty good idea, but one thing has me thrown off.
No Date Clad Dime - Another one I have a good handle on, but trying to wrap my head around one thing:
Thoughts from the Error Guru's?
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"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
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Not an error guru, just an admirer of how you've been nailing these cool pickups.
Looking forward to learning about a couple of these.
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My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Like them all.
The Mushroom Dime is awesome. My favorite type of error.
The 196X Counterbrockage cent is very sweet error coin as well.
Excellent pick ups. Congrats.
Great pickups -- especially the last two. The counterbrockage is my favorite. Although counterbrockages are not that uncommon, they are popular, and it seems to me the late stage ones are more common than your earlier stage example with nearly three digits of the date showing. Interestingly, I have only personally seen one early-stage counterbrockage with a complete, full, four-digit date...there are probably others, but I think they are rare. Well done!
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What would PCGS label the dime?
I can find similar coins labeled "Broadstruck with x% indent" but those all look like indented with a blank planchet (no design on the indented part)
Found one labeled "50% Brockage with Large Broadstrike"
This one would be a broadstruck that was indented with the reverse of an already struck coin right (hence the reverse details).
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
Put what you think it is on the submission form. Hopefully it helps out the guy(s)/gal(s) looking/reviewing/grading the dime.
That works, a Brockage is when the design from one coin is pressed onto another coin at the US Mint.
Interesting errors... You purchased these as a lot? Quite a find for a local show... usually more errors are encountered at large, regional shows. Cheers, RickO
The counterbrockage cent is by far my favorite! Way kewl!
The pancake dime is also very nice. Looks like the struck dime that indented it was struck off center before being mashed into this coin.
No previously unlisted major doubled dies???
Well, my normal monthly show is about 25 dealers/50 tables. Normally I only get about 20-30 minutes to go to other dealers tables during setup time as I'm usually alone at my own table. In that time, I usually hit up any new dealers, and the normal ones get my typical "Do you have any errors, varieties, oddities, or strange things". After many years of asking this question - if they do find anything neat between shows, they typically just bring it to my table to show me, which is a bonus. I would say only a handful have shops, the rest typically just do shows, or have space in antique malls to sell.
Sunday my Dad came to a show for the 1st time ever and manned the table for a little bit so I got to wander around more than usual. As I visited one dealer, he said he remembered to bring his error coins for me to look at and these were them. Bought them all and both were happy.
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
@StrikeOutXXX ... Thanks for the explanation...That is a nice size local show. When I lived in Seattle, many of the surrounding small towns had local shows... I used to go to them as well as the big shows. Often found good deals at those shows. Plus, they are not so congested and there is a more casual atmosphere. Cheers, RickO
Nice pickup and as a group, quite the score. I enjoy coin searching for errors. The brockage is very cool. The hunt continues. Peace Roy
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I live about an hour's drive in any direction to any sort of area with more than a few traffic lights. Zero remaining coin shops locally.
My monthly show (which is 8 normal Sundays plus a 3-day show in spring and 2-day show in fall taking July/Aug off) is about an hour's drive up in Buffalo, which is the big one for me.
Then I have my own coin club show once a year, which isn't very big - 10 dealers maybe
Our sister coin-club has 2 club shows a year, which are maybe 15 dealers.
90% of the dealers cross over into all 3 shows, so it's usually the same inventory - so you can see why I get excited finding any sort of errors or cool stuff 8-)
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
You live in a world of abundance compared to me... No coin shops, no coin shows, no coin clubs....Cheers, RickO