In this post we will chat about a major mint error that I purchased from India. Today we will talk about some multi-struck coins which are considered to be major mint error coins. I wanted to purchase more than a dozen of the multi-struck errors, so I could have a wide variety as well as […]
Category: Educational Series
MintErrors.org Educational series, in which we discuss all sorts of die varieties and error coins.
Capped Die Major mint error
I have a source within India who I am working with to obtain some World Coin major mint errors. He offered me a lot of five, 25 Paise major mint error coins from India. The lot was not specific on what each coin was. I thought this mint error coin lot was decent in price, […]
Error & Variety Collectors – Join CONECA
A society for error and variety coin collectors The Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America (CONECA) is a great organization to offer education about coins, error coins and die varieties. CONECA (pronounced: CŌ´NECA) is a national numismatic organization devoted to the education of error and variety coin collectors. CONECA focuses on many error […]
Educational Series: What is a Doubled Die?
A Doubled Die is a term in coin collecting used to refer to doubling in the design elements of a coin. Doubled dies can appear as an outline of the design or in extreme cases, having design elements and dates appear twice in an overlapping fashion. Doubled dies can be seen on the Obverse or Reverse of the […]
Educational Series: What is a Repunched Mint mark?
How to tell if a coin is a Re-punched Mint mark (RPM) Prior to 1990, the US mint used to take the working dies that made coins and added a mintmark to those working dies. If the coins were minted in Denver, they would add a “D”. If the coin was struck in San Francisco […]