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Mint Errors: Double-Strikes A double-strike is a mint error that occurs when a planchet is fed into the striking chamber, and is struck. Normally, it would be ejected by the feeder finger from between the dies, but for "whatever" reason, fails to do so, and is struck again. Double-strikes can be "on-center", off-center, or be multiple strikes on or off-center--there is a wide array of variati …

On last Thursday we arrived bright and early for the Baltimore Whitman Expo, held week (November 14-16th, 2024.) A short flight, and a quick set up and things were off and running. Many customers stopped by as well as dealers with error coins for sale, questions, or just looking to buy an error or two. Many of our regular customers showed up on the first day, and it was fairly non-stop until the s …

Hopefully everyone has been having a wonderful October, and have made some time to pull out their error coin collections and spend some time enjoying them! There is nothing like actually getting your coins out and looking and them individually, and perhaps chatting about them with a fellow numismatist. We have been busy processing a few collections and various other coins we have purchased, m …

Sullivan Numismatics Table at the ANA World's Fair of Money 2024.The ANA World’s Fair of Money 2024, held in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois August 6-10th, was a well attended even, bustling with both dealers and collectors. There were many large coin exhibits of coins and related money items, various coin club events, grading services taking submissions, and world mints in attendance. The major coi …

Last week we attended the FUN coin show in Orlando, FL. The FUN coin show was generally busy, with a lot of public traffic, and most dealers reporting they had “ok” or “excellent” coin shows. It was an “ok” show for us, with a decent amount of buying and selling for a summer coin show (summer leading up to the ANA in August is traditionally a slow time of year in the coin market.) The Baltimore co …

After having just returned from the Baltimore Whitman coin show, held March 21st-23rd, 2024, we can summarize the show as a success for us. There was a pretty good amount of selling on our end to customers, despite missing the Saturday of the show (which nowadays, tends to be a low attendance day at coin shows.) There was a decent amount of inventory we purchased as well, but not quite as much as …

This week we will be attending the Whitman coin show, held in Baltimore, Maryland. Last week we attended the ANA National Money Show, held this year in Colorado Springs, Colorado. If last week was any indication, the Baltimore show should be busy, as it was fairly non-stop at the ANA. Sales were more than expected, and there were a number of major as well as smaller sales to collectors. We probabl …

It was a busy 5 days of looking at coins, buying and selling—and it was fun! The January FUN show has truly become the biggest and best coin show in the United States. It was packed with over 600 tables, and I believe every table was sold out. There was a continual stream of collectors and dealers walking the aisles, and even on Saturday, the show stayed quite busy (normally, national coin shows a …

2023 Comes to a CloseAs we wind down 2023, the error coin hobby is alive and thriving. Coin clubs such as CONECA have high numbers of members. Online error coin clubs have active, and eager collectors. Error coins regularly make the headlines in auctions, news, and are discussed in articles in various publications. 2024 promises to be another good year for error coin collectors, and based the acti …

We have had a few coin shows in the last month, with the first being the new IMEX show in Nashville, TN, and then last week there was the Baltimore Whitman show, in Baltimore, MD. The Nashville show was the first for that location, and everyone generally had low expectations going into the show (since 1st year shows tend to be on the slow side.) It turned out to be as expected, slow, but ok. Some …