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My Blank Planchet Type Set so far . . .

Russell12Russell12 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 23, 2026 11:35AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I am missing the Half Dollar Clad and the SBA Dollar. I have seen the Half Dollar clad for sale but not an SBA Dollar yet (if anyone has or knows of one, please let me know). Now, since this is a Type Set, I very much doubt that the following are available: Half Cent, Two Cent, Three Cent (silver & nickel), Half Dime, or Twenty Cent blanks. Let me know if I am wrong.

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  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool indeed! However, is it appropriate for the slabs to carry the designation 'Mint Error'?

  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool idea. IMO Mint Error is appropriate, or has the mint been giving these away as souvenirs?

  • jt88jt88 Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bet it will take long time to get them. Very nice set.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,740 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So far so good, I like 👍

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,611 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good job on a nice set.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I vaguely remember seeing a $20 gold planchet. Check with Fred Weinberg.

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  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice set! Best of luck finishing it!

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  • zer0manzer0man Posts: 75 ✭✭✭

    creative. I like.

  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,642 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very very cool set. I have an SBA blank planchet, but it is not slabbed yet. Good luck on finishing your quest!

  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great set.

    Why does the 40% half label say "various" for the denomination?

    This is just a circulation coin set, correct?

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice!

    As @Rampage says, SBA planchets are available if you can accept a raw one and slab it yourself.

    Heritage has sold half cent and half dime planchets; I'm not sure about the others. Prices are very expensive, as in "more than everything else in your picture put together".

    Some others missing from your picture:

    • pre-1837 large 1c (two different types, I think. I forget the date ranges.)
    • 1859-1864 copper-nickel 1c
    • 1982-2025 normal zinc 1c (you have an unplated example),
    • 1942-1945 5c
    • Heritage has sold some older-type 5c planchets (Buffalo, etc) as separate types, although I'm not totally convinced that they're different
    • 1976 25c 40% silver
    • 1878-1935 $1
    • 1971-1978 $1 40% silver
    • 1986-present silver eagle

    ...and then you can start working on type 1 blanks! :-)

  • ShurkeShurke Posts: 752 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a neat set!

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    Great set.

    Why does the 40% half label say "various" for the denomination?

    This is just a circulation coin set, correct?

    1965-1970 or 1976

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 23, 2026 8:41PM

    @CaptHenway said:

    @JBK said:
    Great set.

    Why does the 40% half label say "various" for the denomination?

    This is just a circulation coin set, correct?

    1965-1970 or 1976

    Those are the years (1975 also). The label says "various" for the date, but it also says "various" in place of the denomination.

  • Russell12Russell12 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rampage said:
    Very very cool set. I have an SBA blank planchet, but it is not slabbed yet. Good luck on finishing your quest!

    Are you interested in selling?

  • jacrispiesjacrispies Posts: 1,457 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have never seen the Two Cent, Three Cent (silver & nickel), Half Dime, or Twenty Cent planchets.

    Half cent yes but they are hard to come by.
    https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-ONDXI/half-cent-blank-planchet-type-ii-ms-62-bn-pcgs

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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,642 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Russell12 said:

    @Rampage said:
    Very very cool set. I have an SBA blank planchet, but it is not slabbed yet. Good luck on finishing your quest!

    Are you interested in selling?

    Not at this time. I was doing something similar to you, but your set will blow mine away. :smile:

  • Russell12Russell12 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @CaptHenway said:

    @JBK said:
    Great set.

    Why does the 40% half label say "various" for the denomination?

    This is just a circulation coin set, correct?

    1965-1970 or 1976

    Those are the years (1975 also). The label says "various" for the date, but it also says "various" in place of the denomination.

    Yep, but I don't understand why. 40% has to be a Kennedy Half 1965-1970

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,013 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I purchased Bill Fivaz’s blank and planchet Set in the mid 1990s, added some pieces to it and sold
    Them, individually , thru Heritage when I retired and sold my personal collection in 2022.
    (Did not include any gold pieces) Bill‘s set was the most complete I was aware of.

    I did have a three cent nickel type two planchet, I believe, but I’ve never seen or heard of a three cent silver piece – and never heard of a $.20 blank or planchet ever. check the Heritage archives for what I sold – I believe they were all slabbed with my label that PCGS did up for me.

    There are a few gold planchets known, including the only $20 gold planchet that I’m aware of that came out of the big Hawaiian deal sold approximately 20–25 years ago

    By the way, SBA planchets should be easily found – the blanks are a little bit scarcer,but they’re around.
    Hope this info helps a little bit

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • Mr Lindy Mr Lindy Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2026 6:53AM

    In addition to 1965 -1970 40% 1/2-dollar planchets were used in 1975 & 1976 USA Halves.

    Also used for Panama Medio Balboas 1966 thru 1971 or 1972:

    Various years & various country & various denominations.

    @Russell12 said:

    @JBK said:

    @CaptHenway said:

    @JBK said:
    Great set.

    Why does the 40% half label say "various" for the denomination?

    This is just a circulation coin set, correct?

    1965-1970 or 1976

    Those are the years (1975 also). The label says "various" for the date, but it also says "various" in place of the denomination.

    Yep, but I don't understand why. 40% has to be a Kennedy Half 1965-1970

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2026 6:57AM

    Did not read the other posts, but if this helps there is an SBA blank planchet currently on EBAY.
    Jim

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/326523727892?_skw=SBA+Dollar+blank+planchet&itmmeta=01KSD478TNRFVYXMS6X2YXA99G&hash=item4c0654b014:g:aY8AAOSwDwlmGY90&itmprp=enc:AQALAAAA8GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDjlR6nDw0Yxwjtj+DqhIA8dXC+lKXUsL/QJnQO0aSBNxucRAm1D9iITDfStptHNiziQKjet0mG5s2ppVCTapQU+8Yy/R8pW6lytXFj/UbcPJYzyjRt+E/i8eKfq3M2IAOsEzqEPBayHUIchLtqMn99YsVCQcOncnmxlfR71J0r+pyyey3TQ1i4KqFJXttKk6SAxww2cGVJbqgLRV8mtcrj6BhqXsnIywL3njXqm7NPl/B2gn/7A/aLZefcaoEIfmGuw/urFSFP+kzj9JSh221Uzf5bRPnnvqUWSKCgcNcLCg==|tkp:Bk9SR8qNnaTLZw

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/287241847927?_skw=Half+Dollar+Clad+blank+planchet&itmmeta=01KSD4BZSZYC7PRA4YAP0R77R7&hash=item42e0f2c477:g:ddIAAeSwX0Fpydlj&itmprp=enc:AQALAAAA4GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDA0VeVlm3U0wKnIxThOufOLXrvtKYU4A+A5h2d1IuM0lkDaMEADWCnlRtiIYy1EeWoBxi54DmOwJQdc1YTfA8IU/u1WSdJewVgFE+3gtAlPieUxcotssiRh9hmcwPqucZf0ndmMLJljGWAg8QjSzcqKERcaxijysuO54XGXft6/7mhB7GtlXMqvhuRXU4qn8qIgDAdb0X/sFd8lTuKDUsgYbG6Ks8f+iGurviqU1zSE/l5QZhPnTUR5MnMvIflhFCgmUOszbKZkJZaliJ1TMmU|tkp:Bk9SR6T9r6TLZw


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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,013 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I checked those two eBay auctions – overpriced and the Kennedy Half is not nice- I would look up Jon Sullivan‘s website. I’m sure he has both of those and, and many others in stock atmuch more realistic market prices

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Russell12 said:

    @JBK said:

    @CaptHenway said:

    @JBK said:
    Great set.

    Why does the 40% half label say "various" for the denomination?

    This is just a circulation coin set, correct?

    1965-1970 or 1976

    Those are the years (1975 also). The label says "various" for the date, but it also says "various" in place of the denomination.

    Yep, but I don't understand why. 40% has to be a Kennedy Half 1965-1970

    Could have been a Panamanian 1/2 Balboa, but the same thing applies to any U.S. planchet sometimes used to strike Panamanian equivalent coinage, and we don't have any problem calling a U.S. Quarter DOllar planchet of either composition a U.S> planchet.

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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,807 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jonathanb said:

    • Heritage has sold some older-type 5c planchets (Buffalo, etc) as separate types, although I'm not totally convinced that they're different

    A long time ago I had a nickel planchet that I believe was meant for a Buffalo nickel, the upset rim had a different look than modern planchets and the surfaces had a darker, coppery tone like a lot of early Buffaloes exhibit. I don't know how to prove it except with an ownership provenance that predated 1938, but it passed the "smells like a duck" test.

    Sean Reynolds

    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

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  • normmalinnormmalin Posts: 212 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This was a fantastic idea!

    Casual collector slowly building a collection....

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,226 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very unique set!

    Good luck finishing it!!

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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