mint errors

PCGS 1976 Washington quarter struck on a copper cent planchet. The coin is copper, and is much smaller than a normal quarter. A popular year for errors, with the 2 year only design (also struck in 1975.)    The error occurred when a cent...

NGC 1943 steel cent obverse late-mid stage die cap strike, with a brockage of the reverse on the coin's obverse.  The error occurred when a die cap struck this coin after it had struck maybe 5 or 6 coins, resulting in a late to mid stage die cap…

Broadstruck, with the coin larger in diameter than normal due to having been struck out of collar.  Light collar marks.    NGC MS65 

1972 Kennedy half struck on a rolled thin blank. It weighs 10.42 grams. AU58

PCGS 1978-S proof Roosevelt dime with strong clashed dies obverse and reverse. The coin shows strong clashes marks on the obverse and on the reverse sides.    Proof dimes are scarce with clashed dies, although 1978-S might be the most commo…

PCGS 1987-D Jefferson nickel struck on a very underweight, rolled thin planchet. The coin weighs only 3.7 grams, far less than normal. AU50

NGC 1942-P silver war nickel rotated double-struck in-collar. The coin shows strong design detail of the obverse rotated about 150 degrees, and on the reverse, there is also strong design detail. Silver war nickel double-strikes are very scarce. Note…

PCGS 1924-S Lincoln cent struck 10% off-center at 12 o'clock.  Scarce date/mint for off-center strikes. F15

PCGS $1 1972-D Eisenhower dollar struck on a Philippine 1 piso planchet. The coin is much smaller than a normal Ike dollar, and also is a slightly golden color.    This is the scarcer of the two most often found dates for this error type, w…

PCGS 1974-D Eisenhower dollar wrong planchet error, struck on a Philippine 1 piso. The coin is struck on the much smaller piso, and is slightly golden in color.    The U.S. Mint was striking Pisos in 1974, which is why a planchet for one en…

PCGS 1943 steel cent obverse mid stage die cap strike, with a brockage of the reverse across the coin's obverse.  The coin was struck through a die cap, which had struck probably 3 or 4 coins before striking this coin. MS63 with nice problem-fre…

NGC (1866-1867) with ray shield nickel double-struck with the 2nd strike 80% off-center and die struck on both sides. A nice double-struck shield nickel, with a good amount of design present on the 2nd strike.  Double-strikes are rare on shield.…

PCGS 1966 Kennedy half 40% clamshell separated clad layer. The coin shows the separation (or split) primarily on the reverse, where the layer peeled back.    AU58

PCGS 1995-D Roosevelt dime with an indent from a curved clipped dime planchet. The coin was struck thru a curved clipped (about 3-5% size clip) which resulting in an indent in the planchet area, and a normally struck area where the clip was...

PCGS Indian Head cent counterbrockage and clashed die cap strike.   The coin has an obverse counterbrockage from a die cap, but also has a brockage from a clashed die cap (the die cap contacted the reverse die, and created a brockage in the cent…

NGC 1999-D Pennsylvania quarter struck 50% off-center at 8 o'clock.   A Major off-center, and a nice example.   MS64 with some white toning. 

NGC 1999 Pennsylvania quarter struck 60% off-center and also struck thru obverse and reverse (probably grease.)   MS63