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The 1910 Lincoln Cent With No Reverse and the Debate That Changed Its Story
The Unique 1910 Lincoln Cent Uniface Die Trial: The Full Story
PCGS called it a uniface test strike. Mike Diamond argued that it looked like...
The 1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel Should Not Exist: Here Is How It Happened
1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel: History, Varieties and Value
The 1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel presents an immediate mystery. The United States Mint struck no Buffalo Nickels at San...
1875 Indian Head Cent: The Intentional Variety That Turned Coinage Into Evidence
On some 1875 Indian Head cents, a small but unmistakable raised dot appears on the reverse. The dot sits near the upper-left corner of...
The Mint’s Impossible $1.25 Coin Set a $194,000 Record
The $1.25 Coin: How the U.S. Mint Created Its Most Famous Modern Mule Error
In May 2000, Arkansas collector Frank Wallis opened a roll of...
1942/1 Mercury Dime: The Wartime Mint Mistake That Put Two Years on One Coin
How a Wartime Mint Mix-Up Created a $120,000 Dime
A single dime can tell a surprisingly large story.
The 1942/1 Mercury dime carries two dates. It...
The 1989-D Congress Dollar Error That Turned the U.S. Mint Upside Down
The Congress Silver Dollar That Escaped the U.S. Mint With a 180-Degree Error
A dramatic 180-degree die rotation transformed an overlooked modern commemorative into one...
1968 No S Roosevelt Dime: The Tiny Proof Set Mistake That Created a Modern...
,A Missing “S” Turned This 1968 Proof Dime Into a $22,800 Modern Rarity
In 1968, the United States Mint sought to restore order to American...
1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel: The Only Missing Mintmark in the Series
The 1971 No S Error - 1,655 examples - Check your Proof Sets!
The 1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel (FS-501) ranks among the most...
Two-Headed Canada Cent Error Turns Queen Elizabeth II Into the Whole Story
The Canadian Cent Mint Error That Put Queen Elizabeth II on Both Sides
A No-Date Canadian Cent With a Dramatic Minting Accident
“Two heads are better...
PCGS Certifies Unique 2022-D Wilma Mankiller Quarter Struck on a Nickel Planchet
A Modern U.S. Mint Error With a 90-Year Backstory
A dramatic modern mint error has surfaced in the American Women Quarters Program. PCGS has certified...
1943/2-S Lincoln Cent: The Wartime Overdate No One Saw for 79 Years
The ONLY overdate in the entire 110+ year history of the Lincoln Cent series
A 1943/2-S Lincoln Cent certified MS-67 by PCGS crossed the block...
The 13 Rare Lincoln Cent Double Dies that Collectors Chase
A Chronology of the Lincoln Cent Double Dies
Lincoln cents look familiar. That makes them powerful.
Collectors know the design. Families have jars full of them....