mint errors

PCGS 1989-P Jefferson nickel collar cud. AU55

PCGS 1865 two cent piece with a sunken, defective planchet area at 9 o'clock.  VF35

PCGS 1990 Lincoln cent struck on a clad dime blank. The coin is the weight and metal of a dime blank, and is dramatic in appereance, being smaller than a normal cent, and also obviously a different metal from a normal cent.    This is a hig…

PCGS (1797-57) large cent type-2 planchet. The planchet weighs 10.89 grams.   AU55

PCGS 1831 coronet large cent with a cud major die break. The cud is know as the "harpooned whale" cud, do the the appearance of the cud. Scarce.   AG3

ANACS 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar experimental test piece. The piece was used during initial testing in 1979 for vending and commercial exnterprises to test and see how their machinery responded to the new coin size and metal alloy. An interesting p…

PCGS (1964-1999) Kennedy half struck on copper/zinc alloy foreign planchet. The coin weighs only 2.38 grams, far less than a normal half dollar. The exact metal content is 82.4% copper, and 17.6% zinc. This doesn't match any foreign coins we can...

PCGS 1964 Kennedy half struck trough fibers obverse. There is a large area of either cloth, cotton, or fibers which the coin was struck through. Many fiber struck through areas are seen in and around the struck through area. Neat!   MS65 lustrou…

PCGS 1976 bicentennial quarter reverse missing clad layer. The reverse layer was missing before strike, resulting in a copper reverse. Scarce.    MS63 Red/Brown

Scarce date/mintmark for broadstruck 10c. 

NGC 1935 Mercury dime struck 15% off-center. Farther off-center than typical.   AU55

PCGS 1900-1905 era S Mint Barber dime, struck on a split planchet before strike. The planchet shows the rough, split side on the coin's obverse, and is approximately the weight of half a dime.    The coin was attributed for this era and dat…

PCGS 1934-D buffalo nickel uncentered broadstrike. The coin was struck out of collar, and as a result is a larger diameter than normal.A very scarce date and mintmark for buffalo nickel errors.    Uncirculated details scratched. There are s…

PCGS 2021 Lincoln shield cent with a large retained cud on the coin's obverse. A major retained cud! MS64 Red

PCGS 2021 Lincoln shield cent with a large retained cud on the coin's obverse. An eye-catching, major cud! MS66 Red

PCGS 1945 wheat cent elliptical clip, 2.81 grams. The coin is a oval shape.    MS61 Brown with some traces of old PVC on the coin. 

Clock set of Lincoln Memorial cents, beautifuly housed in a Capital Plastic style holder. The set contains a nice mix of double-strikes, including many dates and mints, with some die struck on both sides. Some close up images of the coins are include…

NGC 1943-P War nickel struck on a steel cent planchet. The coin is and off-metal, with the design of a nickel, but it is struck on the 1-year only steel Lincoln wheat cent planchet of 1943. The coin is smaller in size than a normal nickel, and is...