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ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So many posts recently about the top 100 coins, or the greatest type coins or what ever EVERYONE is looking at.

I take the exact opposite approach to seek out coins that no one even knows exist or follow.

Here are a couple of examples .....

There are many double struck coins in the Lincoln Memorial Cent Series. I located a coin that after thinking about is probably the rarest and nicest latest dated Lincoln Memorial on earth. Just one and I bought it. This is a very rare coin. Show me a nicer later dated double struck Lincoln Memorial, or do I have the one.

Example 2, It is Extemely rare to find major error coins on National Park Quarters.

I just had this one certified. I have never seen another major error on a Shenandoah Quarter. This coin has excellent design and is one of a kind. RARE.

Show us your very rare cool under the radar coins that very few seem to follow :)

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  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not big on planchet clips.

    But that Lincoln double strike is a stunner!

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  • jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,065 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Under the radar but still above the sonar?

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you like rare modern mint error coins, you have to keep an eye on paperchasesue on eBay. They are the best source for modern mint errors and must have a connection somewhere up the chain. I would guess that the two errors you posted above, originated from them.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Golden, sssshhhhhhh, ;)

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GoldenEgg said:
    If you like rare modern mint error coins, you have to keep an eye on paperchasesue on eBay. They are the best source for modern mint errors and must have a connection somewhere up the chain. I would guess that the two errors you posted above, originated from them.

    Thanks! Good to know. I'll have to check them out.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @GoldenEgg said:
    If you like rare modern mint error coins, you have to keep an eye on paperchasesue on eBay. They are the best source for modern mint errors and must have a connection somewhere up the chain. I would guess that the two errors you posted above, originated from them.

    Thanks! Good to know. I'll have to check them out.

    be careful 99% of their coins are junk ;)

  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love me some EOC show and tell.

    Always learn something.

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  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great stuff!

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

    Real nice errors!

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins you always impress me with awesome errors. Thanks for sharing. Peace Roy

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  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are some really cool errors!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 13, 2021 1:17PM

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    So many posts recently about the top 100 coins, or the greatest type coins or what ever EVERYONE is looking at.

    I take the exact opposite approach to seek out coins that no one even knows exist or follow.

    You have really cool coins like these :+1:

    @Namvet69 said:
    @ErrorsOnCoins you always impress me with awesome errors. Thanks for sharing. Peace Roy

    ... but I don't really think they are under the radar given all the posts ;)

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  • NicNic Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Separate error coin board would be nice.

    My 1866 Philly Mint Set

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    Golden .......

    numismatic art if ever there was any. :)

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everyone.

    I just now bought a certified error coin that I hope is mis-labeled, sometimes you gotta take a flyer on under-the-radar coins.

  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really neat errors! Makes me want to pick one or two major errors up :)

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,649 ✭✭✭✭✭

    First rule of collecting under the radar coins:
    YOU DONT TALK ABOUT UNDER THE RADAR COINS!
    Because when you do, they are on everyone's radar.

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

  • ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DCW said:
    First rule of collecting under the radar coins:
    YOU DONT TALK ABOUT UNDER THE RADAR COINS!
    Because when you do, they are on everyone's radar.

    That is the whole point of this thread!

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ironmanl63 said:

    @DCW said:
    First rule of collecting under the radar coins:
    YOU DONT TALK ABOUT UNDER THE RADAR COINS!
    Because when you do, they are on everyone's radar.

    That is the whole point of this thread!

    Well, you could always go look at the top 100 coins again.

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Planchet clips are soooooooo underrated.

    If you like rare modern mint error coins, you have to keep an eye on paperchasesue on eBay. They are the best source for modern mint errors and must have a connection somewhere up the chain. I would guess that the two errors you posted above, originated from them.

    I would wager two thirds of the zinc clips in my Lincoln date set came from their auctions. And let’s keep clips underrated until I’m ready to sell some ;)

    Sean Reynolds

    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "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
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jonathanb said:
    @Kurisu you might start a new thread to get some more opinions on that 1857 1c

    I'm no expert but it doesn't look real to me.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not collect error coins.... well, except for the blank cent planchet I got in change.... However, I love seeing them and reading about how they came to be made. I will never understand how some of these make it out of the mint.... Well.... maybe I do... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • ɹoʇɔǝlloɔɹoʇɔǝlloɔ Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    always love an @ErrorsOnCoins thread

    how do those planchet clips find their way outside the mint? just randomly inside bank rolls, or—?

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ said:
    always love an @ErrorsOnCoins thread

    how do those planchet clips find their way outside the mint? just randomly inside bank rolls, or—?

    I do not know. Many planchet clip error coins are the same size as a normal coin so I suppose they could be found in a roll.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    Planchet clips are soooooooo underrated.

    They are not "underrated" they are just unpopular.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks to be worth about 18 cents

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Baley said:
    Looks to be worth about 18 cents

    You are very good at math. :)

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2021 1:09PM

    One thing that I've noticed is that like 95+% of the time I click on a slabbed ultra-modern, it's offered by EOC, and never for auction pricing.

    These are beautiful coins so I've actually clicked on quite a few in my search results, but I don't know if it if it's good or bad for the market to have one dealer be so dominant. I don't see this type of concentration in other areas of collecting I participate in and perhaps this is an indicator they are still "under the radar"?

    I wonder what the market is for these, especially when one goes to sell. I've also been wondering if it would be helpful for someone to put together a price list for these as these seem hard to price, outside of going to eBay sales history via WorthPoint.

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  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 7,015 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does this count as an under the radar coin!


    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • KurisuKurisu Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @jonathanb said:
    @Kurisu you might start a new thread to get some more opinions on that 1857 1c

    I'm no expert but it doesn't look real to me.

    It seems it's a possibility but it has none of the counterfeit indications I'm familiar with. Based on the PCGS Photograde the only thing I notice is the obverse denticals aren't full. On the reverse it matches the AU50 weak strike very well and there don't seem to be any suspicious things about any of the lettering or numbers. Like I said it was incredibly cheap and I would actually like to include it with group to PCGS to find out for sure.
    What tells you it might be fake? I only have a couple of Flying Eagles in poor condition so I'm certainly no expert.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Kurisu said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @jonathanb said:
    @Kurisu you might start a new thread to get some more opinions on that 1857 1c

    I'm no expert but it doesn't look real to me.

    It seems it's a possibility but it has none of the counterfeit indications I'm familiar with. Based on the PCGS Photograde the only thing I notice is the obverse denticals aren't full. On the reverse it matches the AU50 weak strike very well and there don't seem to be any suspicious things about any of the lettering or numbers. Like I said it was incredibly cheap and I would actually like to include it with group to PCGS to find out for sure.
    What tells you it might be fake? I only have a couple of Flying Eagles in poor condition so I'm certainly no expert.

    The center of the reverse is very weak and the very flat luster looks off. I hope I'm wrong. Please let us know what PCGS says.

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  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2021 2:09PM

    I’ll play, Russian platinum rubles only minted for a little under 2 decades starting in the 1820s when Russia found platinum in the Caucus mountains and tried to add it to their monetary standard. It failed and they were all recalled and melted and are pretty rare. They remain the only circulating platinum coinage in human history.

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