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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 12/31/2007 : 14:54:03
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Besides blank planchets, has anyone ever found any off-center strikes or other mint errors?
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 12/31/2007 : 15:56:28
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| I've found a couple of very minor clips. |
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 12/31/2007 : 16:13:58
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Nice topic, I was just getting ready to post the exact same question.
After sorting the coppers / zincs with my Ryedale. I've been hand sorting my copper looking for Double Dies. Primarily the 1969-S, 1970-S, and 1972 DDO pennies. Unfortunately, I have yet to find any. Although at the same time if they were somewhat common I don't guess they would be worth hundreds of dollars either. I'm not considering the Double Dies you can only see with a loupe, but rather the ones that have doubling clearly visible to the naked eye.
So whats the scoop? Has anyone found any? |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2007 : 18:13:30
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| ive only found a few clips and one cud but not as nice as the one horgad pictured. i dont bother with double dies. i tried looking for the 98,99 and 00 wide AM's as well but it just got too time consuming. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2008 : 12:05:20
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| I don't usually look for errors. I've found a few obvious cuds recently, but that's it. When I do find errors, I usually let 'em go. Maybe some other penny sorter will enjoy them more than I. Rotated dies are the only ones I'd save, but I have yet to find any that are severely rotated. |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 14:50:27
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I keep a loupe on my sorting table and have a strong light over the table. Anything that looks odd to me goes under the loop. Anything that doesn't look like normal damage under the loupe gets set aside for later sorting.
I am noob when it comes to identifying coin errors (cud and clip were new words I learned in 2007). But I've managed to sort my abnormal pennies into the following groups: Rim Errors, Clips, Blanks, Die Cracks, Doubling, Cuds, Plating Errors, and Unkown Errors.
The Rim and Plating errors seem pretty common and probably worthless. So I have only kept a few of them and passed on many others.
I've found 2 minor clips, 2 blanks, and 3 cuds...easy to identify even for me.
The suspected Die Cracks (3) and Doubling (4) errors I just can't verify myself...they are too minor and I am too much of noob. When I get a better way to take pictures of them, I will post them on a penny site for verification.
Same for my small pile of unknown errors. I will get more info on them when I can take better pictures... |
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fiatboy
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 15:45:12
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| I've found a few off-center strikes, especially on dimes, but nothing that would bring much of a premium. I'm sometimes surprised what a difference there is between different dies of the same coin, particularly the differences in relief depth. I don't see as many weak strikes as I think I would. |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2008 : 17:54:57
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| I've only found a couple minor cuds on copper cents. The only other type of error I have found are zincs (mostly 1983's) with gas bubbles under the copper plating. |
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coincollector101
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 19:20:13
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I found a 65 greese filled die and three blanks.
I want to find others I keep looking.
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coincollector101
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 19:21:14
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| Ive also found two double clipped pennies and a double clipped quarter. |
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