Coin Corner Part 1; What Is An Error?

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That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 12/14/2020 11:57 pm Hello Coin Collectors! Welcome to a new weekly series presented by me, TCD. This is a series where I teach new and inexperienced collectors anything and everything they need to know about coins. If you have a question or topic you want to learn about, I, as well as our experienced collectors won't hesitate to answer! This week's focus is errors. An error coin is a coin that was produced with a flaw and found it's way into circulation. Typically errors are one of a kind or close to one of a kind, unlike a variety, which is on some, or most of the coins produced from the mint. There are 10 main types of errors, 8 of which are listed here with a short description and an image. We will go in to detail with all of these, and more, as we continue this weekly series. 1. Clipped Planchet. A clipped planchet is an error of which a part of the planchet cut off during it's creation. Note: A true clipped planchet is missing the rim on the clipped part, if you see a rim, it is not a clipped planchet. 2. Defective Die. A defective die is caused by extreme Die Deterioration, and appears in many forms, including die breaks,cuds, cracked dies, and more. 3. Multiple Strikes. This error occurs when a planchet doesn't leave the striking chamber before the dies restrike. 4. Unstruck Planchet/Blank. These are coins that never got struck. Note: These are often faked by sanding and grinding. These errors should weigh the same as a fully struck coin. 5. Off center strikes and Misaligned dies. This type of error occurs when the dies and/or the coin aren't centered during striking. 6. Lamination error. This happens when the planchet has a flaw that causes the metal to separate. The separation can be retained or fall off. 7. Wrong Planchet. A planchette can be put into the wrong pair of dies and be struck as such. Almost all modern coins have been seen with this error. Note: People try to fake this! 8. Mint Cancelled Coins. These are often one of the above errors that have been noticed before distribution. The mind does this to a coin deemed not worthy for circulation. Remember, these are all subject to validity and people will buy them at varying prices. Don't expect the same price from multiple sources, as these coins are bought on opinions. Thank you for sitting in, next week we will dive into varieties! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, leave them down below and we will be sure to answer them! -TCD Edited by That Coin Dude 12/14/2020 11:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

CoinHunter27 Pillar of the Community United States 5887 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 12:32 am Cool! I'm sure many newer collectors will get some good information out of this. -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 01:15 am There are a lot more than 10 major types of mint errors, but otherwise very nice. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 03:05 am Maybe they should be grouped into major categories, of which there are less than 10. For example, several of the types shown above can be grouped into the category "striking errors." In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 04:56 am If you want to learn errors and varieties http://www.error-ref.com/ John1 Report this Post to the Staff
That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 1:59 pm Thanks all for the tips, it's a new series so it won't be perfect. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189340 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 5:10 pm Quote: it's a new series so it won't be perfect. The learning will go both ways and that is perfectly fine. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 12/15/2020 8:57 pm Quote: The learning will go both ways and that is perfectly fine. Well said @jbuck. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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