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Mike Byers Mint Error News issue #69

Mint Error News Magazine #69 Now Available

By Mike Byers for Mint Error News ......   Issue 69 Now Available! Issue 69 of Mint Error News Magazine features a historical collection of plasters and...
1864 Two-Cent Piece. Small Date. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1864 Two-Cent Piece – A Collector’s Guide | CoinWeek

With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1864, the United States Congress authorized the design and production of a brand-new denomination, the short-lived...
Cherrypicker's Guide. Image: Whitman Publishing.

Sold-Out Cherrypickers’ Guide, Part II Gets Second Printing

Whitman Publishing is releasing a second printing of the Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties: Volume II, 6th Edition. The sixth edition of the...
1862 Three-Cent Silver Coin. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1862 Three Cent Silver : A Collector’s Guide

The United States Mint at Philadelphia struck 343,000 Three-Cent Silver coins in 1862; this was the last mintage over 100,000 that the series would...
Open 3 date logotypes for the half eagle, double eagle, nickel five cent coin, and the cent.

Open Three – A Coin Die Variety From 1873

The term "Open Three" or "Open 3" describes a typographical style of the Arabic numeral “3” found on later dies produced in 1873. Earlier...
1923 Peace dollar with rotated dies. On this example, the reverse die is rotated approximately 60 degrees. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek.

Rotated Alignment – A Variety of Error Coin

The term "rotated alignment" refers to a type of mint error and describes the alignment of a coin that has been struck by dies...
2000 Washington quarter Sacagawea dollar mule error coin.

Sacagawea Dollar Washington Quarter Mule Sets Record Price at GreatCollections

By CoinWeek ....   On Sunday, January 21, 2024, the online numismatic auction firm GreatCollections sold a rare (2000)-P Sacagawea dollar/Washington quarter mule mint error for...
This is an image of a 1811 Classic Head Half Cent from the Eliasberg Collection

Eliasberg 1811 Classic Half Cent Offered by GreatCollections

By CoinWeek .....   GreatCollections is currently offering a rare 1811 Classic Head half cent from the famous collection of Louis Eliasberg. GreatCollections has set the...
1949-S Roosevelt Dime. Image: CoinWeek.

1949-S Roosevelt Dime : A Collector’s Guide

As one of the key dates of the Roosevelt silver dime series, the 1949-S Roosevelt dime is second in rarity only to the Philadelphia...
1937-D "Three Legged" Buffalo nickel. Image: CoinWeek.

1937-D “3 Legged” Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide

The famous 1937-D “3 Legged” Buffalo nickel is one of the most important modern US coins and probably the most well-known type in the...
Mint Error News Magazine. Issue #68.

Mint Error Coins News Magazine #68 Features Unique U.S. Errors

Mint Error News Magazine Issue 68: Unique U.S. Proof, Specimen, Pattern & Error Coins   Many numismatists, dealers, and collectors consider unique coins to be the...
A rare Sacagawea Dollar / Washington Quarter mule. Image: GreatCollections.

Famous Sacagawea Dollar Mule Error Offered by GreatCollections

In numismatics, a “mule” is a coin struck with the obverse die of one denomination and the reverse die of another. And no mule...
1865 Two-Cent Piece. Image: CoinWeek / NGC.

1865 Two Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil War, the Two...
1972 Eisenhower Dollar. Image: CoinWeek.

1972 Eisenhower Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

The Mint Was Still Refining the Eisenhower Dollar Design in 1972 After one year of development, the Eisenhower dollar was released in 1971. The large...

Mint Error Coin News Issues Special Edition Magazine

Celebrating 20 years of Mint Error News! Volume One and Volume Two are now online. Visit minterrornews.com to read both issues about Coin Errors. *...

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