Posted 02/11/2011 4:05 pm
To me a problem coin is one I can't find, can't afford, or just sold out. Now that is a problem. 
As already noted a problem coin is basically just that. A coin with a problem. Something wrong with it that is not from the Mint, usually.
Some think of a problem coin as one that is also a Mint error too.
Coins have been mutilated in so many ways that many have joined the problem coin reputation. Examples are the one people punch notations or images on, scratching stuff on them, dented from falliing or throwing and on and on with all sorts of damaging things people do to a coin.
However not all problem coins are ruined or of no value. For example on a program called History Detectives they had a coin shot at by Annie Oakly in a velvetine hardwood case. Coins shot at by famous people, if it can be proven, are always worth a lot to history buffs.
Way back people used to bite Gold coins to see if real. I wonder what a Gold coin with jessie James teeth marks would sell for.
As already noted a problem coin is basically just that. A coin with a problem. Something wrong with it that is not from the Mint, usually.
Some think of a problem coin as one that is also a Mint error too.
Coins have been mutilated in so many ways that many have joined the problem coin reputation. Examples are the one people punch notations or images on, scratching stuff on them, dented from falliing or throwing and on and on with all sorts of damaging things people do to a coin.
However not all problem coins are ruined or of no value. For example on a program called History Detectives they had a coin shot at by Annie Oakly in a velvetine hardwood case. Coins shot at by famous people, if it can be proven, are always worth a lot to history buffs.
Way back people used to bite Gold coins to see if real. I wonder what a Gold coin with jessie James teeth marks would sell for.
