Question On Bizarre Error Coins In Circulation

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ChangeFinds1997 Valued Member United States 85 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 12:09 am You know the famous dime struck on a nail, brockages that are so severe the coin obviously is much larger than normal, or those double struck coins that are elongated and obviously can't be counted or fit inside a roll. Here's an example I pulled off of Google of the type of error coins in question. How do these even escape inspection? I can understand missing a blank, clipped or doubled dies but coins like that I don't get how obviously deformed coins like the example below even get into circulation. Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74707 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 12:20 am There's two ways for that to happen. #1 People will dump someone's coin collection, since they don't know what to do with it, when a person dies. #2 is that major error coins are often found in a mint sewn bag of coins. You can also find major error coins in circulated mixed rolls from a distribution bank sometimes. Errers and Varietys. Edited by Errers and Varietys 03/08/2019 12:25 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 04:42 am Errors like the one shown never was in a roll. Back then they were in $50 mint sewn bags,for the cents. The mint stopped using those small bags in the mid to late 1990's. They now use huge Ballistic Bags that takes a forklift to move. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 08:25 am Yep! But they are very cool. Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 12:19 pm where is a good site to get recent auction prices for various types of errors such as these? Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 12:49 pm ebay sold values. https://coinsite.com/us-error-coin-values/ John1 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 7:55 pm You meant Cent on a Nail: Edited by coop 03/08/2019 7:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 03/08/2019 8:14 pm I didn't know those existed Report this Post to the Staff
ChangeFinds1997 Valued Member United States 85 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 1:27 pm Ah makes sense. When I was early collecting I always thought mint workers simply snuck these out until I found how high security the mint was XD Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 3:29 pm I've heard: 'They don't even have pockets on their uniforms.' True? Just something someone said once. Report this Post to the Staff
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