mint errors

180 degree rotated dies.    

PCGS SMS 1959 Lincoln cent defective planchet, with a blow hole in the coin near the date. The hole shows right through to the other side of the coin. The only blow hole we can recall on an SMS Lincoln cent! Rare. SP58 Brown

PCGS 1929-S standing liberty quarter broadstruck out of collar, with the coin being a centered broadstrike. The coin was struck outside of the collar die, which is why it is missing its reeding on the edge.  Standing liberty quarter errors are r…

PCGS 1986 1/4 ounce gold American eagle partial collar strike. The coin has a partial collar strike, with some of the edge design missing. The coin was struck while only partially resting within the collar die, causing only part of the edge to receiv…

NGC 2013 silver eagle with a piece of brown debris struck in and retained on the reverse in the 11 o'clock area.  MS69

PCGS 1978 Ike dollar struck 12% off-center. Nice example, being a little further off than is typical, and also a high grade.   MS65+ lustrous. 

PCGS 1962-D Franklin Half with a large, peeling lamination reverse. A large area of the reverse is laminated upwards, like a clamshell, from 2 to 4 o'clock. Scarce on Franklin halves.   AU55

1995-W $5 Gold Commemorative Olympic Die X-Cancelled The die was used for striking the 1995-W $5 olympic commemorative coin with the eagle reverse. The die comes with the certificate of authenticity, and it says that this particular die struck 1,988.…

Clad Roosevelt dime double-struck with the strikes off-center.   MS62

NGC 1978-S proof Roosevelt dime with clashed dies obveres and reverse, particularly on the reverse. The obverse has a rim to rim die crack, with some separation in the design (nearly a split die!) The near-split in the die is from the die's clashing,…

Double clipped 20%

Missing reverse clad layer, with the coin having a copper reverse.  MS62

ANACS Jefferson nickel struck on a clad dime planchet. The coin is struck on the smaller 10c planchet, and is the weight and the clad planchet of a Roosevelt dime.   Off-metals occur when the planchet for one denomination of coin is fed into a..…

PCGS 1998-P Jefferson nickel double-struck, with the 2nd strike 75% off-center and die struck both sides. MS63

PCGS (1959-1982) Lincoln Memorial cent struck 45% off-center and 20% triple clipped. MS65 Red/Brown

PCGS 1c Lincoln Cent double-struck with the strikes 65% and 97% off-center. MS62 Red/Brown

PCGS 1972-D Lincoln cent broadstruck on a split planchet before strike. Unc details scratched. 

CACG 1980-S proof Lincoln cent 140 degree clockwise rotated dies. Discovered in a proof set, and part of an article that was published in a coin publication recently. Scarce, major rotated die!   PR67 Red Cameo. 

PCGS 1986 Lincoln cent double-struck, with the 2nd strike 93% off-center and die struck both sides. Also, it is a chain edge strike, with the flat edge of the chain strike at 7 o'clock.    MS64 Red

PCGS 1984-D Lincoln cent fully unplated planchet. The coin is bright white and has lustrous surfaces. The coin is missing all of its plating.   MS64