Mint-made errors occur when coins are made incorrectly at the mint, including anything that happens to the coin up until the completion of the minting...

striking errors referred to widely as planchet errors, die errors, and mint striking errors. This does not include the varieties that the US Mint has issued...

Die deterioration doubling (DDD) is a common form of mint-made error on many United States and Canadian coins that results from degradation of the die...

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after the minting error. The 1955 doubled die is one of the most famous die varieties in US coinage. Very few exist today in totally mint condition, as almost...

medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece. These can be intentional or produced by error. This type of error is highly...

which is used for ten pence coins, was left inside the barrel during the minting process. 1971: struck on cupro-nickel blank 1992 - 2018: cupro-nickel blank...

released into circulation by the United States Mint. Mule coins were deliberately produced by US Mint employees for sale to coin collectors in the mid-1800s...

practice was resumed from 2005 to 2008. Occasionally, there are errors which escape the Mint's inspection process, resulting in some very rare and expensive...

reason, after the first impression was made, the die was reheated and prepared for a second impression. The mint workers would use guides to align the...

preferably avoid the effects of error, whether unintentional or not. Such errors in a system can be latent design errors that may go unnoticed for years...

historical contexts using mint or other records in order to determine the relative rarity of the coins they study. Varieties, mint-made errors, the results of progressive...

differences which were caused by dies. The VAM coins are different than Mint-made errors which are mistakes or defective coins. A VAM occurs as a result of...

mirror image of the same design impressed upon it. Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another...

that certain collectors look for. Coin errors that occur on the die are generally more desirable than errors made at the time of the strike. For example...

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error type is called a "retained obstruction." The vast majority of such errors do not retain the source of the obstruction but those that do sell for a...

seigneurage (from Old French seigneuriage 'right of the lord (seigneur) to mint money'), is the difference between the value of money and the cost to produce...

sometimes called a business strike (US), is a coin minted and issued for commerce as opposed to those made as commemorative coins and proof coins. Circulation...

color, attractiveness, and occasionally the country/state in which it was minted. Several grading systems have been developed. Certification services professionally...

this time cleansers were used on these coins to try and make them appear mint red again. Another early recorded example involves the Philadelphia coin...

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information is also given for graded and labeled mules and mint errors, specifying the particular error in addition to a numerical grade. NGC has used EdgeView...

Coin collecting is the collecting of coins or other forms of minted legal tender. Coins of interest to collectors include beautiful, rare, and historically...

as copper wheat cents (1909–1958, made out of zinc plated steel in 1943), Indian head cents (1859–1909), and errors and varieties such as doubled dies...

They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government...

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when the British Royal Mint almost ceased production. Merchants once again produced tokens, but they were then machine made and typically larger than...

sell the coins as their more-valuable counterparts. (For example, an 'S' mint mark would be added to a 1909 VDB Lincoln cent in order to increase the coin's...

minted in India since its introduction in 2005. The present ₹10 coin in circulation is from the 2019 design. However, the previous ₹10 coins minted before...