1954-S Cent: Cool Die Chip

That is cool....definate keeper!

Actually this one gained some fame over the years, thanks to Mr. Frank Spadone. He almost caused an uproar with this one. This cent is known as the "San Jose Mint Error" because the die crack next to the mintmark looks like a "J". Some people actually believed that San Jose minted a small number of coins, and this became an instant hit once published. Examples went for dollars on the cent to the coin's actual value for a long time until the "Oddity coin" craze went away with better education in what true errors and varieties are. This one rivals the "comet cent" and the "floating roof cents" - none are especially scarce as what they are, none are true errors or varieties, but a lot of people had fun collecting them until their proposed published value far exceeded their true numismatic value.