What Error/Variety Coins Do You Collect?

I love multi-struck coins and tend to buy a lot of dimes with detached reeding. These are struck once in the collar and then broad struck. This causes the reed to break as it's stretched. Here's an example.

I collect Lincoln Cent DDO-001 coins, and top grade Lincoln Cent FS varieties. But along the way have managed to put together a collection of a couple thousand minor varieties on Lincoln cents. Other denomination varieties, as well as errors in general, intrigue me and I collect some of those as well.

I am curious, why just the ones listed as -001? Admittedly those are often the most dramatic, but that's not universally the case.

Mostly I just love to search and find, more than collect, for me, it's mostly about the "find". I have jumped from Morgan dollars to Lincoln cents and all that falls in between. My greatest love though for the past several years is to search Lincoln bank rolls for whatever is out there. I have taught myself, with the help of others, to look for many different things, in many different currencies, that way I have a better chance of finding something. Doubled dies, RPM's, OMM's transitional varieties, overdates, rotated dies, rare VAM's, silver coins in common currency, silver certificates in common currency, trail dies, many different errors, too numerous to list (still learning many of these), and so much more. If you love searching coins and different numista, than I suggest learning as much as possible and your odds of finding something will be much greater. Sites such as this are a good way of learning new things that you may have not been aware of already. Good searching to you, Ray and everyone else.

Sounds like an awesome collection!

I collect primarily Lincoln Cents, but I search other denominations as well. Known varieties are always looked for, but I have a keen interest in Die Breaks, Cuds, and Laminations.

When I saw JC's simple and to the point reply, I laughed, a few times! Thanks, JC, I needed that.

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Here's an ANACS certified dime with split but still attached reading. It's both double struck and broad struck.

While I haven't seen a larger denomination with the same error, I have seen several that were struck through detached reeding. I would think that it's possible, but maybe the dime's size has something to do with broken attached reeding that's not possible on other sized coins.