I was at a popular auction house and I was looking for a 1866 Shield Nickel with some drama. I have my cheat sheet with me, just in case I don’t see anything inviting. Alas ! The second coin I look at is pretty much what I am looking for, but the auction starts at […]
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1904 Indian Head Cent Re-punched Date (RPD) attribution
About 18 months ago, I had bought a roll of Indian Head Cents from a customer. It had 55 Indian Head Cents in the roll and my first thought was, these would more than likely end up in our “Super Amazing everything is $1.00 each bargain bin”. Some of the coins near the end of […]
1907 Indian Head Cent, Re-punched Date Snow #2
Another visit to a popular auction house on a Sunday night and I was looking through my Indian Head list. My eyes quickly focused on the “9” on the date, and then the “0”. There was something interesting about this Indian Head Cent, so I ended up buying it for less than $30.00 shipped. I […]
1869 Three Cent Nickel Re-punched Date FS-302
I was on a popular auction house site and I managed to purchase this 1869 Three Cent Nickel Re-punched Date FS-302 for a pretty low price. My aim is to offer a close up of the date when the coin comes back from being slabbed at a third party grading company. you can read the […]
Dramatic 1824 Capped Bust Half Dollar with Various Over dates
One of my coin purchases over the past few months has been a few Capped Bust Half Dollars. I purchased a well known variety called “1824 Capped Bust Half Dollar with Various Over dates”. I looked at several of this variety and although this one is not graded as high as others, it surely shows […]
Mint Errors other websites
While we add additional posts to this website after the WordPress 5.6 debacle, have a look at some of our other websites. All of our websites are listed in the Menu above. ErrorCoinCollector.org – This website tailors to error coin and varieties. It is forum based. The forum has an area for many of the […]