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I have acquired 4 error coins from a friend . 3 of them are badly off-centered and the other seems to be a nickel stamped onto a penny planchet. I weighed it and it weighs as much as a penny from the same year. I was just wondering if this is common and what errors like these are worth. Edited by natews90
10/29/2015 7:14 pm
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The guy I got them from had a relative that worked at the mint in the 70s and 80s and he used to take the error coins home. Are you sure the person you bought them from wanted this sort of information shared publicly? Nonetheless, 5c struck on 1c planchets are not uncommon from the 1970s and 1980s, value depends on grade and how much original mint lustre (red) is preserved. They typically sell for anywhere from $250 to $450. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Photos would be most helpful in off center coins, generally 50% or more will be worth more than 10% and things like colour on the pennies
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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 Beware of homemade errors, if you can post pics the experts here can help you avoid falling into that trap, loudmouthing in a restaurant seems an unusual method for selling genuine errors. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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Nice pic's and very nice error coins  Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
Edited by fourmack
10/29/2015 3:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That's a very nice score you made.  Cheers, Bill |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks for the pics.
Nice coins!
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
United States
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Very nice group......nice start to your error collection.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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All really nice..gotta love that nickel on cent.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Question...why are 5 cent struck on one cent planchets not uncommon in the the 70's and 80's? Were production controls inadequate during those 2 decades or was RCM security poor which in turn allowed back door jobs to "escape" with relative ease? Just wondering.... Oh, and thanks for sharing those pics! Very nice error coins! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The Hull mint was almost at the time a made to order, lots of this type of errors and some really fantastic ones. You just don't see many recent errors, still cool to see.
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10/29/2015 9:33 pm
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New Member
Canada
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Thanks guys really happy about these. Just something different to add to my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice coins! Thanks for sharing.
Welcome to CCF but look out for the error bug! It might take over your collecting. Lol
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very nice coins! Thanks for sharing, you made a nice score. I love the '79 cent!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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They are great errors..hope that you can get some more of them.
Good luck..!!
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