mint errors

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

The coin has dark surfaces from either an anti-tarnishing agent or from having been improperly annealed.  MS65

NGC 1985-P Washington quarter struck 15% off-center and 8% curved clip.   MS64

PCGS 1997-P Jefferson nickel with a Lincoln 1c planchet indented into the coin's reverse side.   The indent was caused by a Lincoln cent planchet which was fed into the press and struck while resting underneath this coin. The result is an indent…

PCGS (1916-1945) Mercury dime struck 45% off-center at K-5. The coin shows a lot of design an planchet, and is a superb example of an off-center Mercury dime. Scarce this far off and even more so in this high of a grade. MS65 with pleasing, lustrous.…

PCGS (1971-1978) Eisenhower dollar flipover double-struck with the 2nd strike 90% off-center and die struck on both sides. Flipover double-struck Ike dollars are far scarcer than regular double-strikes.   The error occurred when the coin was str…

PCGS 25c (1932-1982) Washington quarter struck 35% off-center on copper cent T-1 blank. The coin coin is struck 35% off-enter on the copper cent planchet, and is the weight and metal of a cent. It has a uniface reverse, and so has no design on the...

The coin is improperly annealed and has dark surfaces as a result of having been left in the annealing drum too long.

PCGS 1967 SMS Washington quarter 5% triple clipped. The coin is a special mint set coin, and is scarce as a SMS triple clip.    SP65 SMS

PCGS 1959 cent struck 10% off-center. A very scarce date/mint for off-center strikes. Uncirculated details cleaned.