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Counterfeits abound but usually have the wrong mint mark. In May , a mother in Texas found one while going through rolls of coins. As with practically all true doubled die varieties, only one side of the coin shows doubling.
If both sides exhibit doubling on any part of the coin, the coin probably exhibits strike doubling instead, and is not worth as much as a true doubled die.
The no mint mark Lincoln Cent doubled die variety shows strong doubling on all elements. The "Cherrypicker's Guide to Rare Die Varieties", which was an important source for this article, suggests using a "die marker" to help verify your finds. A die marker is a gouge or crack that identifies a particular die that a coin was made from. Variety experts disagree about the cause and long-term value of this type, but we've included it in the list because it is very findable in pocket change and worth hundreds of dollars right now.
Remember, there should only be one leaf hanging on the left side of the ear of corn. If there are two leaves hanging to the left, this is a rare and valuable error coin. This variety is known for 3 dates, , , and , with being by far the rarest.
The mint erroneously used a proof die to strike normal circulation coins. At the point in time that the United States Mint made these coins, the coin dies sent to the individual branch mints would be punched with the proper mint mark letter for that branch before shipping. This variety is believed to be caused because one or more non-punched dies were used to make coins. The letter "P" was being used for coins made at the Philadelphia facility, "D" for Denver minted coins, and "S" on dimes minted in San Francisco.
Therefore, all coins should have a mintmark. The result was many weakly struck coins. In , the second-to-last year of the series, the mint employee who operated the coin presses at the Denver Mint tried to smooth down some scuffs on the nickel's reverse die. He unintentionally smoothed away one of the buffalo's legs in the process.
Another popular error variety to collect are overdate coins. This die error is pretty straightforward: When changing the year-date on the obverse die, the last digit of the previous year was not fully removed. In the case of the "42 Over 41" Mercury dime, this resulted in the "1" still being visible behind the "2" of the date.
Interestingly enough, this same overdate error appears on Mercury dimes from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. As a general rule, you don't normally see proof coins with errors. Proofs are specially made for collectors. Extra care is taken in their production, minimizing the chances of an error eluding the attention of mint workers.
Nonetheless, the U. Mint somehow included a few dimes in their proof sets that lacked an S mintmark from the San Francisco Mint. To date, two such examples of a Roosevelt dime proof with a missing mintmark have been identified. As far as anyone knows, these incredibly rare dimes could only be obtained from the annual mint proof sets. It's no surprise this coin is so valuable given its current population is just two. Image: CoinWeek. A similar mistake occurred with the circulation-strike Roosevelt dimes that came from the Philadelphia Mint in The mint had only recently added the P mintmark to its cent coins, beginning in Previously, coins from the Philadelphia facility bore no mintmark.
Somebody forgot to punch the "P" onto the obverse dies for the dime in The process was still done by hand at the time. Several thousand of these "No P" Roosevelt dimes were distributed before the mistake was caught. Compared to some of the earlier coins on this list, that might sound like a lot. Yet it's a minuscule fraction of the entire P dime mintage of nearly million coins.
One of the most contemporary entries on our list is the D Wisconsin State Quarter. Two different varieties of error due to a die flaw are known in this issue. The appearance of the error on the design is precisely what it sounds like. In one case, there is an extra leaf on the ear of corn that points upward. The second version has an extra leaf that points downward. Given the recent timing of this error, the public was quick to collect these coins.
Oftentimes, an error coin variety gains popularity thanks to an endearing nickname. This is undoubtedly the case with the "Bugs Bunny" Franklin half dollar , named after the beloved cartoon character. A die clash error resulted in some Franklin halves exhibiting a "buck-tooth" appearance on the obverse of coins dated and Coins from the latter year are better known to collectors. The error can be a bit subtle to the naked eye, but it stands out in comparison to a normal Franklin half.
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