US Error Coin Guide 2024: Unsurpassed and Comprehensive (US Error and Variety Coin Guides 2024)

Welcome to the latest version of the US Error Coin Guide, which presents over 4,200 listings for all types of errors with more than 20,000 entries. Our number-one selling guide for collectors for fun and profit. Attributions for doubled die and RPM errors from Fiaz Stanton (FS), CONECA, NGC, and Snow are added for each error to help collectors compare grading holders from PCGS, NGC, and ANACS.Error coin collecting is a growing hobby and family activity. Every year, this guide is updated with new and exciting finds. No other guide presents as much information about error coin collecting. Photos of all errors with complete descriptions validated by PCGS and NGC terminology provide collectors with information to identify the type of error. A chapter is dedicated to presenting all known Lincoln cent DDO, DDR, and RPM errors since 1909 with photos.All types of errors from striking, planchet, and dies that collectors can locate from old collections, bankrolled coins, and circulation. Many error coins circulate without detection since most are not well known.Some errors are difficult to determine, but some great tools are available to make error detection easier, especially for RPM errors, some of which are easy to overlook. There are eight doubled die classifications that explain the types of doubled dies created by die creation.Major Error Categories Die Errors Die errors are created from broken dies, cracked collars, hub errors, misaligned dies, doubled dies, and repunched mintmarks.Abrasions (scratches)BarBIEBroken hubBroken punchCollar breakDebris in hubDie adjustmentDie breaksDie crackDie cudDie cud retainedDie gougesDie wearDoubled dieFilled diesFilled letters and numbersFinnedMintmarkMisaligned diesMisplaced dateMissing detailsMulePartial collarTilted collarMint Striking Errors Mint striking errors result from the mint stamping process.BondedBroadstrikeBrockageCanceledChain Collar clashCounter brockageCuppedDouble denominationDouble-struckExtended rimFlip overIndentMated PairMultiple StruckOff-centerReverse BrockageRotatedSaddleStrick overStrikethroughUnifacePlanchet Errors The coin blank and the blanks with upsets on edge are called planchets. A type I planchet is the coin blank itself. A type II planchet is the coin blank with the edging rolling. Planchet errors include blanks used in the minting process with cracks, clips, defective lamination, occluded gas, unplated, wrong metal, and wrong planchet. BlankClippedDefectiveForeignFragmentedImproperly annealedLaminationLamination retainedOccluded gasSplitThin/ThickTiltedTransitionalUnplatedWoodgrainWrong metalWrong planchet Read more