The article presents information on error coin collecting during the 1960s. It is said that the decade of the 1960s was a very good time for both coin collectors and coin dealers. Arnold Margolis, a coin error expert, says that he used to put together a complete set of Lincoln cents, ...
Because of this, error coins are very valuable to coin collectors. In fact, coin error collectables are generally more expensive than other collectible coins without the mint mistakes. There are also numismatic organizations that focus on error coin collecting. Here are the most common striking and...
even among common error types. If you’re looking for one cud error for your collection make sure it’s a superb example, focus on grade, size of the die break, and if possible, one that affects the strike of the coin on the side opposite the cud. ...
Elliptically Clipped 1947 Florin Above you can see a simply amazing error, an Australian 1947 Florin struck on an ellipse shaped planchet. The shape of the coin is the result of a coin blank that was struck twice by the blanking press, the smaller crescent shaped segment falling off leaving...
ASE American Silver Eagle (coin collecting) ASE Amalgamated Society of Engineers ASE American Society of Employers ASE Association-Control Service Element (IBM) ASE Australian Securities Exchange ASE Alternative Search Engine ASE Aviation Support Equipment Technician Electrical (US Navy) ASE Aero Systems ...
The way to prove this theory beyond doubt is to send this coin off to PCGS or NGS for non-invasive compositional testing and it to be slabbed as an Australian shilling struck on a USA war nickel planchet – spectacular error coin. ...
considering what the other coin this error was struck against might look like. It will have a crescent shaped indentation on the reverse, and within that indentation there might be a partial brockage impression of the obverse of this coin. Actually it might look something like the coin ...
An interesting class of coin error is the double struck coin. This type of error occurs when a minted coin is struck again by the coining dies before it has left the coining press completely. This usually results in a partial impression of the coin over the previously struck image. ...
Click image to enlarge In this image the first coin blank punching operation is the blue disk, and for whatever reason, when the metal strip moves along under the punching press after the first punch it does not move far enough and the coin blank does not leave the strip. When the next...
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