Waffled coins moving up in respect!

@ricko said:
The only waffles that interest me, come with butter and syrup. OK... sorry, could not resist. Cheers, RickO

I like how this Belgian Waffle says it's Not Edible

@WAYNEAS said:
Something in my mind says that the mint at one time sold some of these.

The Mint did sell this, as scrap. They didn't think they would be collectible.

Just goes to show:

One person's junk is another's treasure

I could be in never never land with this

I wonder if these will become mainstream one day. PCGS and CAC already straight grade some US Mint cancelled coins so it wouldn't be unheard of. Here's a PCGS CAC PR65BN. Both this one and the one above are US Mint defaced / cancelled proofs.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1048503/when-will-waffle-cancelled-pattern-coins-be-straight-graded-by-pcgs-and-cac#latest

@Byers said:
The only known Judd #2225!!!

(New design of Martha Washington
test dies)

That's a great piece Mike! It's great to see the US Mint making progress and continuing to experiment.

And it's UNIQUE too! That's very surprising given it's cancelled. I wonder how the Mint disposes of cancelled coins and patterns now?

Here are some links for this pattern.

• USPatterns.com: https://uspatterns.stores.yahoo.net/2012testpieces.html
• MikeByers.com: https://mikebyers.com/4837404-001.html

The USPatterns.com image has been updated so it's worth checking out

@Byers said:
Zions- That’s correct! It is unique and cancelled and certified by NGC. It’s the only known example of Judd 2225, cancelled or not!

That's amazing Mike! Really crazy for there to be just a single one of these patterns. I'm glad NGC slabbed it. I wonder what cleanup process the Mint has going with these test strikes! It would be great to see close up photos of that (hint)

Here's another amazing waffle error encapsulated by NGC. No grade on this one. We really need grades and TrueView or PhotoVision

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1047999/impressive-waffle-error-coins#latest

@291fifth said:
Industrial waste unless they are something special like the Quarter struck on the Sac planchet as shown above. I'd be very selective when it comes to things like this.

It pays to be selective in all areas of coin collecting.

This is still a new area so there is some risk and opportunity.

For example, when this was on the market, some people passed with the thought that more might appear, but now, years later, it's still the only one, and is unique - cancelled or not:

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
No, I got them from wholesalers.

I had thousands of waffle coins and even more waffle blanks.

I also ended up with about 30 pounds of webbing.

I have since sold 99.9 % off it and put the proceeds in "real" error coins

Just came across this thread again!

Wow, 30 pounds is a lot of webbing! Did you get any of it certified like the following?

Here's another TrueView posted by @braddick here:

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1065032/waffled-coins-pcgs-graded

I love now the eye, nose and mouth on the obverse and the eagle's head on the reverse made it through!

@OAKSTAR said:

That's a great one! Thanks for posting it!

I love the picture on those!