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World's Greatest Mint Errors Published
An enjoyable resource packed full of some of the most dramatic, rare and extraordinary mint errors...
Foreigners in the Mint
The United States Mint struck coins for foreign countries starting in 1833...
The Errors All Around Us
In coin collecting circles we often see a lot of emphasis placed on searching for coins of certain dates...
Eisenhower Dollar Prototype Sells For Record Price of $264,000 in January 2022 FUN Heritage Auction
This prototype is one of the rarest of all silver dollars struck since 1794...
Finest 1913 Nickel Acquired by GreatCollections in $13 Million "Big Three" Thanksgiving Transaction
The "Big Three" Includes the 1913 Nickel, 1894-S Dime & 1804 Silver Dollar...
U.S. Mint Releases the Mintage of the $10 ¼ oz American Gold Eagle Error
The U.S. Mint stated that 7,924 of the Gold Eagle error coins were released...
Proof Errors Featured in Upcoming January 2022 Error Coinage Showcase Heritage Auction
The following coins are featured in the upcoming Proof Errors Featured in Upcoming January 2022 Error Coinage Showcase Heritage Auction...
"King of Errors" Dallas $20/$10 Double Denomination Federal Reserve Note Featured in the January 2022 FUN Heritage Auction
The only double denomination to escape into the wild from the confines of the BEP since the 1950s...
Spectacular 1886 Morgan Dollar Die Cap Error Auctioned by GreatCollections
The famous coin was one of Amon Carter's personal favorites...
World Error Coins and the PDS Error System
The (Planchet, Die, Striking) PDS error classification system is simple and easy to remember for collectors..
A Collection of Romanian Error Coins
This is a journey through the modern Romanian history illustrated by my error coins from this nation...
Proof Errors Featured in Upcoming January 2022 FUN Heritage Auction
The following coins are featured in the upcoming January 2022 FUN U.S. Coins Signature Auction...
1875-S 20 Cent with Reeded Edge
It is possible that it was a mint error and somehow was struck with a reeded edge at the San Francisco Mint...
NGC Certifies Unique Wartime Discovery 2.5 Gram Bronze Cent Struck at the San Francisco Mint
The consensus is that it was struck on a 1942 Curacao cent planchet that had been coated or plated with zinc before being struck...
Undated PCGS Holder With Cricket Remains (From the Fred Weinberg Collection)
And so the legend goes, back in the 1990s, there was a cricket disturbing the coin graders at PCGS...
NGC-Certified INCO and Gould Patterns Offered in Heritage Sale
The fascinating numismatic collectibles were created amid the upheaval in U.S. coinage that occurred during the 1960s and 1970s...
GreatCollections Reveals Discovery of 2021 - $10 Type 2 Gold Eagles with "W" Mint Mark
These discovery coins show how full of surprises our industry can be...
Detecting Alterations to Coins to Appear as Errors
There are many signs illustrating why this coin is yet another altered coin meant to fool collectors...
The Subjectivity of Pricing
The pricing of patterns is very subjective...
Collecting Clipped Planchet Error Coins
Error collectors usually end up collecting different types of clip error coins...
PCGS Certifies a Cent Bonded to a Magnetic Screw
This is one of only two known Lincoln cents that were bonded with a magnetic screw...
U.S. Proof Error Coins Realize Strong Prices in October 2021 Long Beach Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the October 2021 Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature Auction...
Prices Realized in the October 2021 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Showcase Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the October 2021 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Showcase Heritage Auction...
Unique Proof 1973-S Eisenhower Dollar Broadstruck on Bronze Planchet
This is a unique and amazing 1973-S Proof Eisenhower Dollar struck on a bronze planchet...
1792 Quarter Obverse & Reverse Die Trials Featured in the August 2021 ANA Heritage Auction
The following coin was featured the August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Signature Auction...
Second Martha Washington Half Dollar Obverse Die Discovered
A collector and reader of Mint Error News just purchased the second known Martha Washington Obverse Die from Mike Byers Inc...
Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Broadstrikes
Coins that lose their collars end up running loose beyond their boundaries...
Highest Prices Realized For U.S. Mint Errors & Die Trials In Heritage Auctions
Here is a compilation of the highest prices realized for U.S. Mint Errors and Die Trials in Heritage Auctions as of June 2021...
Proof Ike Dollar Double Struck on Kennedy Half Dollar Planchet
This is one of the most spectacular Proof Ike Dollar Mint Errors available today...
Unique Proof 1973-S Kennedy Half Dollar Double Struck on Washington Quarter Double Denomination
It is a unique double struck double denomination and belongs in a world-class mint error collection...
Proof Ike Dollar Struck on Clad Dime Planchet
These are very rare and highly prized by Ike Dollar collectors and mint error collectors...
Fred Weinberg's Personal Error Coin Rarities on Display in Heritage Auctions' ANA Booth
1880-S Major Off-Center Morgan dollar and Sacagawea Quarter Mule offer collectors a once-in-a-generation opportunity...
U.S. Proof Error Coins Offered in ANA Heritage Auction
The following coins are featured in the upcoming August 2021 ANA World's Fair Of Money U.S. Coins Signature Auction...
Cent/Dime Mule Featured in June 2021 Long Beach Heritage Auction
In the long history of the U.S. Mint, mules are extremely rare...
Unique Octagonal Pan-Pac Fifty Hubs Trial Sells in April 2021 Heritage Central States Auction
The present piece is a unique hubs trial of these dies struck on an oversized copper planchet...
Seeing Double! Rare Doubled Die Cent Could Sell For Six Figures
The 1969-S Doubled Die is the key coin to the Lincoln Memorial Cent series that began in 1959...
Counterfeit Detection: Spark-Erosion 1874 Three Cent Nickel Die Trial
Three Cent nickels were struck in 75% copper and 25% nickel with a silver-gray color, but the coin submitted to NGC appeared to be made entirely out of copper...
Mushroom Error Coins
These coins are larger than a normal size coin with some examples that have expanded to a huge size...
Prices Realized in the May 2021 Don Bonser Error Collection, Part 3 U.S. Coins Special Monthly Auction
The following coins sold in the May 2021 Don Bonser Error Collection, Part 3 U.S. Coins Special Monthly Auction...
Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Partial Collars
A Partial Collar error occurs when there is a malfunction of the striking press...
1968-D Penny Struck on a Silver Dime Planchet
This is the rarest type of U.S. transitional off metal mint error...
PCGS Certifies Proof 40% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar Elliptical Strike Clip With Brockage Reverse
It is also considered struck scrap but it is actually an elliptical strike clip...
1873 Closed 3 $5 Unique Specimen with Experimental Finish
This unique 1873 $5 Closed 3 Specimen strike has an experimental finish and is a hybrid between a proof and a mint state coin...
Proof 197X-S Ike Dollar Double Struck on 2 gram Aluminum Shell Gas Token
This is an amazing and spectacular proof major mint error...
Mint Errors Featured in July 2021 Error Coinage Showcase Heritage Auction
The following coins are featured in the July 2021 Error Coinage Showcase Heritage Auction...
Marc One Numismatics GRAND OPENING!!!
Marc One Numismatics is now open in Rancho Mirage, California...
Famous 1944 Cent Error Will Make Headlines
Whenever a 1943 Bronze Cent or a 1944 Steel Cent are sold, headlines are made...
Previously Unknown Sac/Presidential Dollar Mule Sells In Heritage Auction
The following coin sold for $84,000 in the April 2021 Central States U.S. Coins Signature Auction...
Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Transitional Errors
Errors where a previous year's planchet was used are some of the most exciting in all numismatics...
Struck Thru Cloth Error Coins
Coins have been struck thru all different types of materials and objects leaving an impression of the item in the coin...
Hawaiian Mint King Kalakua 1883-1983 Kala Dala Proof Struck on Scrap
The proof error coins shown here were broadstruck on an off metal piece of scrap...
U.S.Patterns.com - Mint Errors Mistaken For Patterns
In many cases, the error pieces listed are rarer and more valuable than the die trials they are confused with...
Prices Realized in the April 2021 U.S. Error Coinage Special Online Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the April 2021 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Special Monthly Auction...
PCGS Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Ike Dollars Struck on the End of the Planchet Strip
This unique discovery is the only known pair of proof Ike dollars that were struck on the end of the planchet strip...
David Camire Visiting Mints Around The World
David has visited all three U.S. mints (numerous times) and continues to add to his world mint visits...
NGC Certified Amazing & Unique Proof Ike Dollar Clover Leaf Offered In Central States Heritage Auction
A showstopper mint error on a popular obsolete type...
NGC Certifies 1943 Lincoln Cent Struck on Curacao 25 Centstukken Planchet
This world-class 1943 Lincoln Cent major mint error is many times rarer than the 1943 copper Cent...
NGC Certifies First Known Sacagawea-Presidential Dollar Mule
The intriguing discovery coin combines an obverse and reverse from two different dollar series...
Collecting Ultra Modern Major Mint Error Coins, 2002 - Present
Collecting ultra modern mint error coins is fascinating because there are so many different designs and error types possible...
U.S.Patterns.com - Pattern Mint Errors
Here are some examples of misstruck pattern pieces...
Pedigrees, Prices & Quantity for Some Popular Error Coin Series
By Saul Teichmann of uspatterns...
The Conway Collection of Error Notes, Part I
Featured in the upcoming December 2020 Currency Online Auction...
1943 Bronze Cent, MS62 Brown, The c. 1957 Marvin Beyer Discovery
Approximately 20 Philadelphia Mint bronze cents dated 1943 are believed to exist...
Unique 1943-D Bronze Cent, MS64 Brown, Famous Wrong Planchet Error
The 1943-D bronze Lincoln cent is a legendary rarity, with just a single example known to collectors...
"The Del Monte Note" Obstructed Printing Error with Retained Obstruction
This highly unusual and colorful error note is commonly referred to by collectors in the numismatic fraternity as...
Prices Realized in the September 2020 Heritage Auction of the Bob R. Simpson Collection
The following coins sold in the September 2020 Important Selections from the Bob R. Simpson Collection...
Certified but Not Graded: Adjustment Strikes, Struck Thrus & Other Mint Errors
There are a few types of error coins that are eligible for NGC certification, but do not receive a grade...
Extremely Rare German 5 Mark Overdate
The most likely scenario is that the Mint used a leftover 1931 dated 5 Mark Oak Tree die...
Prices Realized in the August 2020 Error Coinage Special Online Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the August 2020 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Special Monthly Auction...
Counterfeit Detection: 1942 Lincoln Cent Mint Error
What looks like a double strike will make you do a double take, but it's not real...
Counterfeit Detection: 1955 Doubled-Die Obverse Cent
This off-center coin proved too good to be true...
Prices Realized in The September 2020 Heritage U.S. Coins Signature Auction
The following coins sold in the September 2020 U.S. Coins Signature Auction...
Extremely Rare "Peacock" Variant 150 Yuan 20oz Silver Coin
An exceptional and nearly flawless example of this important variant of the "Peacock" 150 Yuan...
Unique German Third Reich Matte Proof Set in Silver
It is amazing that this set survived World War II and was preserved for 8 decades...
Error Coin Sidelines George Washington
George Washington has been relegated to the sidelines on a fabulous error coin that Heritage will be offering...
Unique Standard Silver Dime Off-Metal Proof Pattern
This is a unique and spectacular mint error, a proof pattern off-metal...
Canadian Specimen Uniface Trial Strikes
The following Canadian Elizabeth II Specimen Uniface Trial Strikes are featured in the upcoming October 2020 World & Ancient Coins Platinum and Signature Online Auction...
Mated Pair of 1974-S Lincoln Cents Struck by 2 U.S. Cent Obverse Dies
It stands alone in a class by itself in terms of rarity and fascination and combines an incredible...
A 1970s Mistake Becomes a 2020 Prize
First, this is supposed to be a dollar but was struck on a Half Dollar planchet...
Two Heads Are Better Than One
Discovered by the coin community only in the year 2000, the Double-Headed Indian Cent is so new to the scene that it is not yet listed...
Fascinating Die Cap Error Stars in Simpson Collection
This coin is amazing because of its huge starburst appearance...
NGC Certifies Amazing & Unique Proof Ike Dollar Mated Pair With Two Different Off-Metals
This amazing unique discovery is the only known off-metal mated pair on any U.S. proof coinage that combines two different off-metals...
U.S. Proof Quarter Overstruck on Canadian George V Quarter
This unique 1970-S Proof Quarter from the United States was overstruck on a Canadian Quarter that circulated during the reign of King George V from 1911-1936...
Proof 1977-S Nickel Overstruck on 1977-S Dime Double Denomination with Two Dates
This is the only double denomination of the four known showing two dates...
Unique Proof Kennedy Half Dollar Double Denomination
This newly discovered and certified Proof Kennedy Half Dollar on a struck Washington Quarter is the only known...
Not Just Heads Or Tails
This amazing error coin that is part of Heritage's August Auction combines several mistakes...
Unique 1977 Lincoln Cent Struck in Aluminum at The Philadelphia Mint
There are several possibilities as to how this unique Lincoln Cent was produced...
Mint Errors Featured in the August 2020 Error Coinage Special Online Heritage Auction
The following coins are in the August 2020 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Special Monthly Auction #60160...
Prices Realized in the August 2020 U.S. Coins Signature Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the August 2020 U.S. Coins Signature Auction #1318...
Prices Realized in the June 2020 Long Beach Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the June 2020 Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature Auction #1316...
Amazing 2016 Shield Cent Multiple Mint Error
This amazingly rare modern cent major error coin has so much going on...
Netherlands Silver 1/2 Ducaton Pattern in Proof
The only known proof of these ducaton coins are the gold ones...
Unique Proof Double Denomination Bicentennial 1976-S Quarter Double Struck on a Struck Dime
This is the only known proof Bicentennial Quarter double struck over a struck Dime...
Set of 4 Weakly Struck American Eagles
Coins that are weakly struck occur when a coin is struck from the press with very little pressure...
Liberty Seated Dime Struck Off-Center With Obverse Partial Brockage
This is an amazing and unique combination of major errors on a Seated Dime...
Extremely Rare $50 Gold Eagle Double Struck Partial Collar
Major Mint Errors on the 1oz Gold U.S. $50 American Eagle series are very rare...
Unique California Fractional Gold Incomplete Punched Planchet
A fascinating aspect of this mint error is that the partially punched planchet is octagonally shaped...
Unique Pair of California Fractional Gold Clipped Planchets
This is the only known double clipped planchet on any fractional gold coin...
Spectacular State Quarter Die Cap
The die cap is so deep and the "exit strike" is at such an angle creating a shape like a baseball-cap...
Extremely Rare California Fractional Gold Overstrike
This is a unique 1863 California Fractional Gold 25¢ overstruck on a previously struck 1860/50 Gold 25¢...
Unique & Unlisted German 5 Mark Die Trial
This unique and unlisted Germany 5 Mark reverse trial strike is the adopted design in silver...
Unique Pattern 25¢ Major Mint Error
Major Mint Errors on Proof U.S. coins are rare...
Extremely Rare Buffalo Nickel Off-Metal
This amazing fully lustrous Buffalo Nickel struck on an Argentina 10 Centavos planchet...
American Bank Note Company Experimental Stamp Printing Plate
This experimental stamp printing plate from the American Bank Note Company is one of only two known...
Unique American Bank Note Company El Salvador Stamp Printing Plate
It features a set of all four different denominations of stamps on the plate...
Official Royal Mint Plaster for the Great Britain 1983 One Pound
This is a fascinating official Royal Mint plaster that was designed for the reverse of the new Great Britain 1983 One Pound coin...
Unique 1974-S Aluminum Cent
The Only 1974 Aluminum Cent that can be Privately Owned...
1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar PCGS Specimen 67+ CAC
This PCGS Specimen 67+ CAC is the second finest known...
2000-P "Mule" Sacagawea Dollar Reverse With States Quarter Obverse Census
There are now nineteen (19) confirmed specimens of the Sacagawea Dollar/Quarter Mule...
NGC Certifies Unique 1952 Great Britain Penny
The only penny struck by the Royal Mint in 1952 is a numismatic unicorn...
Prices Realized in the April 2020 Error Coin Online Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the April 15, 2020 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Month-Long Online Auction...
Prices Realized in the April 2020 Central States Heritage Auction
The following coins sold in the April 2020 Central States U.S. Coins Signature Auction - Dallas #1314...
1831 Proof Gold ½ Sovereign DOUBLE STRUCK
Interestingly, despite the high production standard for this Proof offering, its legends show faint traces of being double-struck...
Prices Realized in the April 2020 Central States Heritage Currency Auction
The following coins sold in the April 2020 Central States Currency Signature Auction - Dallas #3577...
Gold-Plated Brass Maple Leaf Die Trials in Lucite
This is a fascinating and historical set of Gold-Plated Brass Die Trials issued by the Royal Canadian Mint...
Unique Ike Dollar Multiple Mint Error
All Ike dollar off-metals are highly prized by serious collectors of major U.S. Mint Errors and collectors of Ike dollars...
Unique Bavarian Medal Gold Off-Metal Strike with Mint Engraving
The reverse includes six lines of hand engraving from the Bavarian Mint...
Unique Spanish 100 Reales Die Trials Struck in Gilt Copper
This is a unique and spectacular set of obverse and reverse die trials for Spain's 1856 Proof Gold 100 Reales...
Double Struck 1904 $20 Liberty Rotated 180 Degrees in Collar
Major mint errors on U.S. gold coins are extremely rare...
Extremely Rare Bavarian Gold Service Medal
This is an amazing world-class numismatic treasure, combining several numismatic and historic factors...
Uncommon Walking Liberty Half Dollar Error Up For Bid
Considered by many to be one of the most attractive and artistic U.S. coin designs...
Liberty Nickel Off-Metal Mint Errors Featured in the April 2020 Central States Heritage Auction
Heritage will be auctioning a few nickels that are only copper and contain no nickel at all...
Unique Dual Mint Mark Discovery Proof Bicentennial Quarter on Cent Double Denomination
This is the only known proof U.S. coin that shows two mint marks from two different U.S. Mints...
1973-S Proof Clad Ike Dollar Double Struck On A 50¢ Planchet
This is one of the most spectacular Proof Ike Dollar Mint Errors...
Proof Kennedy Half Dollar Double Struck on a Gas Token
This is an amazing and spectacular proof major mint error...
Unique Double Denomination Kennedy Half Dollar on a Quarter
It is the only known Kennedy Half Dollar from 1965-1970 struck on a struck Quarter...
Unique China One Ounce Gold Panda Partial Collar
This is the only known major striking error on the one ounce gold Panda coin...
Here Is A Complete List Of Over 1,300 Articles From Mint Error News