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Probably my craziest error coin

ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have a small handful of error coins in my collection, mostly off-centers and wrong metal strikes but this "double denomination" cent struck on a dime really caught my eye. It's cool how the date and each denomination is on both sides. Maybe an 11 cent piece?


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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that is cool.
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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,601 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, super cool

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat! Really like double denotations.

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is crazy.

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,359 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one with nearly the same orientation of the olive branch. Love the look of the Lincoln Memorial through Roosevelts head.

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can see why you love it. Me too!

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice error!

  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is really cool! How does something like that even happen?

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,311 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scotty4449 said:
    That is really cool! How does something like that even happen?

    The tote bins used at the mint are used to transport planchets and struck coins. A struck dime got caught in one of the seams of a tote bin and when the tote bin was later used to transport cent planchets, the struck dime got mixed in with the cent planchets.

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  • drddmdrddm Posts: 5,432 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Super cool, Erik!

    Thanks for posting it.
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  • 2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭

    yes. very nice.

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  • JBNJBN Posts: 1,963 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coin has date on both sides. Very nice.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neato!

  • JeffMTampaJeffMTampa Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would love to know the story of the original find from circulation...

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it!!

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting. That is a wild coin!

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  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,233 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that's what its about.
    Great catch.
    I saw a help wanted sign at a mint.

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,867 ✭✭✭✭✭

    so nice, almost like it was made

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,385 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is one awesome error! Looks AU or MS to me. Peace Roy

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very impressive error coin... dates/denominations clearly visible... An error collectors dream coin. Cheers, RickO

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool error!

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for sharing that one! That is a pretty spectacular error!!


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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not an error guy but that coin is right up there.

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • philographerphilographer Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice also that it wasn't the other way around, stuck on a zinc piece that would corrode over time...

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's awesome!

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @philographer said:
    Nice also that it wasn't the other way around, stuck on a zinc piece that would corrode over time...

    Agree 200%!

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,318 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love those dime/cent overstrikes. Really cool.

  • happycollectinghappycollecting Posts: 264 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 24, 2020 8:12PM

    That is a nice double denomination. I have seen another version in which both reverses are on the same side. You can thus see "One Cent" and "One Dime" on the same side. :)

  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for all the props, it really is a cool coin! Forgot to post the grade, it's graded MS-66 by NGC.

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  • WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like how Lincoln’s lapel fades off into leaves. Thanks for posting it up!

  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,024 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool 11 cent!

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 30,807 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wicked nice

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