mint errors

NGC 1987 Great Britain 1/10 ounce gold proof Britannia, with an obvious struck through obverse in front of Queen Elizabeth's face. A large, curved piece of lint or similar substance was struck through the coin. Nice eye-appeal for a strike thru of th…

7% double curved clipped.

1907-O Barber Half with a major lamination reverse. A large piece of the coin is missing on the reverse. Major laminations like this are scarce on Barber halves.   The error occurred due to impurities in the metal causing a large area of the...

3% double curved clipped. 

2009 $1 Sacagawea Dollar Missing Edge Lettering PCGS MS66  The coin's label is signed by former mint director Edmund Moy. 

2009 $1 James K. Polk Dollar Missing Edge Lettering PCGS MS64

PCGS 2010 Millard Fillmore dollar missing edge lettering.    MS65

NGC 50c Kennedy half struck 20% off-center.   MS66

PCGS 1976 Kennedy half struck 10% off-center at K-8.   MS63

PCGS 1967 Kennedy half obverse missing clad layer, with the obverse silver layer split off before strike. Traces of the copper core are visible through the silver.  AU58

PCGS 1967 Washington quarter off-metal, struck on a 1c planchet. The coin is struck on the copper planchet intended for a Lincoln cent. It is smaller than a normal quarter, with portions of the outer design/lettering missing, and weighs only 3.1 gram…

NGC 1972-S Washington quarter cud, major die break. Cuds are scarce on proof coins. A big cud for a proof coin!   PF66 with light white toning. Mirrored fields and frosted devices. 

PCGS 1978 Washington quarter reverse missing clad layer. The coin is copper on the reverse side, due to the outer clad layer missing before strike.   MS62 Brown

ANACS 1944 Mercury dime partial collar strike. MS60 details counting wheel mark. 

PCGS 1916-S Mercury dime uncentered broadstrike. The coin shows a large amount of planchet visible, and is very nearly an off-center strike. A scarce date for major errors, and the first year of the Mercury dime series.    MS61 with some...

PCGS 2001-P Roosevelt dime obverse missing clad layer.  MS64 Red/Brown

NGC 1989-P Jefferson nickel double-struck, 2nd 95% off-center. MS62

PCGS 1943-S Jefferson wartime nickel struck on a steel 1c planchet. The coin is struck on a steel cent planchet, and so is the weight of a steel cent at around 2.8 grams, and is smaller in diameter to a normal nickel, with portions of the outer lette…

PCGS 1959-D 5c Jefferson nickel struck on 1c planchet. The coin is struck on a cent planchet which was intended for striking into a Lincoln cent.   A scarcer date for nickels on cent planchets.  MS64 Brown

ANACS 1943 steel cent struck 10% off-center. AU53