Major Errors Struck by Private U.S. Mints - Part Two Major minting errors from silver rounds to gambling tokens are very popular and eagerly sought by collectors... The Only Known Foreign Coin Struck on a U.S. Wartime Nickel Planchet ...
Error coins are also called striking errors or mint errors. These flaws occur in the mint during the process of making the coins – from preparing the metal for the planchets or coin blanks to striking the design using the metal stamping tool called coin dies. Minting defects are very rare ...
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Coin albums provide similar storage capability as coin folders, and they allow you to organize and protect your coin collection at the same time. Although more expensive, they have several advantages over coin folders. First of all, they allow you to view both sides of the coin while they ar...
In 1938, the Buffalo nickel production stopped, and the Jefferson nickel minting started. This 5-cent coin has become the most famous US Mint issue for more than 80 minting years. Plus, this piece is known as the third coin with one of the former American Presidents’ images on the obvers...
Minting Errors Including Brockages Though striking errors with modern coins are rare, with ancient coins they are much more common. However, these coins are interesting for the wealth of information that they can reveal on the striking processes used in ancient times. For example, mis-struck co...
and mint mark. These criteria combine to influence the rarity of the coin. The more samples that exist in a certain mint mark or grade, the lower the price of that specific coin. So let’s start our analysis ofthe 1941 Quarter valueby looking at the minting location and what that does...
behind her back leg. Lady Liberty is carrying two branches in her other arm – an oak and a laurel, which represent military might and civil strength. Earlier coins had the mint mark on the front, but on later coins, this moves to the back. The minting date is on the ground beneath ...
Anvil Die– Usually the reverse of the coin, the lower, stationary die. On some issues with striking problems, the obverse is used as the lower die. Due to the physics of minting, the stationary lower-die impression is slightly better struck than the upper-die impression. ...
Minting of 25 cents resumed in 1927 and they have been made every year since then, although mintages were low during the depression years of 1930 to 1935.1927 25 cent The mintage of 1927 25 cents was just under 500,000 so slightly lower than the 1921's and are also somewhat scarce. ...