Bringing the latest mint error news to the collector. Also featuring Die Trials, Patterns, Test Pieces, Numismatic Rarities, Currency Errors and Discoveries from the U.S. Mint.
Editor’s Note: Here are some photos of the spectacular major mint errors recently recovered. Check the last issue of Mint Error News Magazine for information.
1¢ 1899 Struck on a Struck Barber 10¢
1¢ 1858 Flying Eagle Struck on a Silver Half Dime Planchet with a Uniface Reverse
2¢ 1865 Struck on a Cent Planchet
5¢ 1866 Struck on a Cent Planchet
1¢ 1908 Struck on a Dime Planchet
1¢ 1926 Struck on a Dime Planchet
5¢ 1936 Struck on a Dime Planchet
5¢ Shield Struck on a 3¢ Nickel Planchet
25¢ Standing Liberty Struck on a Cent Planchet
50¢ Walking Liberty Struck on a 5¢ Planchet
Here is an updated list of mint errors still missing from the 2001 theft:
1970 Roosevelt Dime struck on a New Mexico Tax Token (Double Denomination)
1905 Indian Head Cent struck on a Dime Planchet
Two Cent Piece Struck on a Cent Planchet (Without Rays)
Two Cent Piece Struck on a Cent Planchet (With Rays)
1858 Half Dime struck on a Silver Three Cent planchet
No Date Franklin Half Dollar Struck on a Dime Planchet
No Date Franklin Half Dollar Struck on a already Struck Barber Dime (Double Denomination)
No Date Lincoln Cent Struck on a Washer (5% Off Center)
No Date Lincoln Cent Struck on a Washer- Reverse Uniface (blank)
No Date Jefferson Nickel Struck on a Steel Washer
1967 Jefferson Nickel Struck on a Steel Washer
1969 Washington Quarter Struck on a Steel Washer
194(?) Jefferson War Nickel Struck on an Unknown Planchet
No Date Quarter Struck on No Date Half Dollar Both on a Dime Planchet (Triple Denomination)
No Date Lincoln Cent Struck on a Scalloped Foreign Planchet (60% Off Center on at 3:00)
No Date Kennedy Half on a Cent Planchet
1976 No Date Kennedy Struck on a Cent Planchet
1969 S Washington Quarter Struck on a Liberia 25 Cent Planchet (Bonded together)
No Date Quarter Silver Struck on a Dime Planchet - indented Multi-error
1979 Lincoln Cent Struck on a 1978 Roosevelt Dime (or 1980/1979) 2 different dates