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TM minterrornews.com NGC Certifies A 1928 Standing Liberty Quarter Struck On A Cent Planchet ©minterrornews.com 22 Page Price Guide Inside! Issue 31 • Fall 2010 A Mike Byers Publication Al’s Coins Dealer in Mint Errors and Currency Errors alscoins.com pecializing in Mint Errors and Currency SErrors for 25 years. Visit my website to see a diverse group of type, modern mint and major currency errors. We also handle regular U.S. and World coins. I’m a member of CONECA and the American Numismatic Association. I deal with major Mint Error Dealers and have an excellent standing with eBay. Check out my show schedule to see which major shows I will be attending. I solicit want lists and will locate the Mint Errors of your dreams. Al’s Coins P.O. Box 147 National City, CA 91951-0147 Phone: (619) 442-3728 Fax: (619) 442-3693 e-mail: [email protected] Mint Error News Magazine Issue 31 • Fall 2010 Issue 31 • Fall 2010 Publisher & Editor - Table of Contents - Mike Byers Design & Layout Mike Byers’ Welcome 4 Sam Rhazi Off-Center Mint Error Sales 5 Contributing Editors Double Denomination & Off-Metal Mint Error Sales 16 Fred Weinberg Clad Layer Split-Off Mint Error Sales 20 Allan Levy Buffalo 5¢ “Speared Bison” & WI 25¢ “Extra Leaves” 22 Contributing Writers Waffled Coin Sales 24 Heritage Auction Galleries 2 Feather Buffalo Nickels 26 Dave Camire Mark Lighterman Blank Planchets 27 NGC Fred Weinberg Rotated Reverse 28 Advertising Double Struck Double Dated 29 The ad space is sold out. Please e-mail [email protected] to be added Other Sales Worth Mentioning 30 to the waiting list. Counterfeit & Questionable Errors 34 Subscriptions Presidential Dollar Mint Error Sales 37 We are not offering a paid subscription at this time. Issues of Mint Error News NGC Certifies A 1928 Standing Liberty Quarter Struck On A Cent Planchet 41 Magazine are mailed to our regular Mark Lighterman’s Recovered Mint Errors 45 customers and coin dealers that we are associated with. Issues can be World Paper Money Errors 51 downloaded for free at minterrornews. com 1923 Peace Dollar Clipped Planchet GSA Soft Pack MS 64 NGC 52 Mint Error News is the official publication of Small Dollars Missing Edge Lettering 54 minterrornews.com. All content Copyright 2010 Mint Error News. P.O. Box 5090, San Clemente, 2 Double Denomination National Bank Notes 63 CA 92674. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without the expressed written permission of the publisher. Five-Piece Set of No ‘S’ Proof Coins 65 Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Mint Error Prices Realized in the March 2010 Fort Worth, TX Heritage Auction 73 News. This publication is distributed with the understanding that the information presented Mint Errors Featured in the 2010 Central States Heritage Auction 81 herein is from various sources for which there can be no warranty or responsibility by the publisher Mint Error News Price Guide 96 as to accuracy, price or completeness. Mint Error News accepts unsolicited manuscripts, artwork, Exclusive Discounts 118 and photographs for publication. Direct editorial submissions to [email protected] or Jim’s Coins Auction Catalog - Mail Bid Sale J-39 156 P.O. Box 5090, San Clemente, CA 92674. All unsolicited material will not be returned. Mint Error News Glossary 183 PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Page 3 minterrornews.com TM Mike Byers, Publisher & Editor, Welcomes You! elcome to Mint Error News Magazine, bringing the latest mint error news and information to the Wcollector. This is our seventh year bringing you both an online PDF magazine and the Mint Error News website. There are now over 850 articles, features, discoveries, news stories with mint error related info from the United States and around the World. Our website, minterrornews.com, has become the most popular and informative Internet resource for mint errors and is read by thousands of dealers and collectors. Mike Byers (mikebyers.com) has Allan Levy has been specializing in Mint and Currency Errors been a Professional Numismatist for 25 years. His website features a diverse group of type since 1978. He is the largest dealer errors, modern errors and major currency errors. He also of the world’s rarest mint errors. He handles regular U.S. and World coins. Allan Levy is a member specializes in U.S. and World Major of CONECA and the American Numismatic Association. Mint Errors and Die Trials. His new discoveries of major mint errors have been front page news for years. He is a life member of ANA since 1985, a charter member of NGC and a featured dealer/member of PCGS. He is a founder member of the California Coin & Precious Metals Fred Weinberg is the President of Pacific Rim Numismatics (DBA Association. He is also a life member of the Central States Fred Weinberg & Co.). He is a highly respected numismatist, with Numismatic Society and the Florida United Numismatists. He 35 years of full time experience in the rare coin marketplace. is member A71 in the Certified Coin Exchange (CCE). Mike His professional associations include the American Numismatic Byers was a Consultant for ANACS for Mint Errors from 2000 Association (ANA) (38 years), the Professional Numismatist through 2006. In 2009, Mike Byers published his first book, Guild (PNG) (31 years), The Industry Council for Tangible Assets World’s Greatest Mint Errors, which won the NLG award for (ICTA) (21 years) and The Numismatic Literary Guild. He is a past Best World Coin Book at the 2009 ANA. President of the Professional Numismatist Guild (1999-2001). Mint Error News is sponsored by Mike Byers and several other mint error dealers including Allan Levy (alscoins.com) and Fred Weinberg (fredweinberg.com). Additional sponsors are Heritage Auction Galleries, CoinLink, CoinFacts.com and uspatterns.com. We encourage collectors and dealers to submit articles and photos of major mint errors that we may feature on the website. Page 4 minterrornews.com Off-Center Mint Error Sales by Al Levy (alscoins.com) Off-Center Market The closer to the 50% off center lot was misdescribed? There Lincoln Wheatback Cent with a full date and mintmark, the are numerous factors to consider more money is paid. The color of when reading charts. One major Collectors are aware that most of the coin is a major price factor. thing to consider is my charts these dates are nearly impossible Almost each quarter 1956-D and show coins sold exclusively on to find. They are willing to substitute 1957-D are sold on eBay. See eBay. off centers with broadstrikes or how many of these dates sold that partial collars. It is not unusual to were 50% off center with a full The date collector knows the find these error types mixed within date and mintmark that were fully true market for error types. a collection. The collector will red. They do not follow coins sold on purchase these dated error type eBay exclusively. They frequent that fill the void in their collection. Reader of my charts must shows. Subscribe to most auction Some dates take decades before understand that some of the catalogs. Solicit error dealers one shows up for sale. listings on eBay may have been with their want lists. Many times overlooked. This is a guide only. these collectors accept coins in Scan through the back issues of What if the previous reported which the percentage of off center Mint Error News to look up prices sale price sold because the seller is minor since this is all that is realized for the early Lincoln Cents. listed it as a “Buy it now”? Or, the available. Here are records of recent sales of off-center mint errors on eBay from January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010. 1. All lots had buyers. If the coins actually changed hands is unknown. 6. “C” next to the date symbolizes that the coin was cleaned. 2. A picture accompanied each lot or it was not recognized. 7. “B” next to the date symbolizes that the coin had damage and was cleaned. 3. Mislabeled items were ignored. 8. If the date or mint mark was missing or partially visible, parentheses were used. 4. Some lots may have changed hands more than once. 9. Postage/handling/insurance fees were ignored. 5. “D” next to the date symbolizes that the coin had damage or was scratched. 10. Major auctions were not listed. DENOM YEAR NOTES GRADE LESS:11% 11%-35% 36%-75% OVER 75% 1c 1884 VG $290.77 1c 189(6) D VF $114.38 1c 1897 AU $239.50 1c 18(97) FINE $371.00 1c 1901 VF $167.50 1c 1902 GOOD $89.00 1c 1902 PCGS 55 $170.05 1c 1907 GOOD $34.00 1c (1907) XF $193.50 1c (1908) NGC 10 $124.50 1c 1911 XF $105.19 1c 1916-S NGC 53 $213.50 1c 1917 ANACS 64 R&B $152.50 1c 1917-S GOOD $66.69 1c 1918 C NCS NET AU $61.00 1c 1918-D AG $46.55 Page 5 minterrornews.com Off-Center Mint Error Sales DENOM YEAR NOTES GRADE LESS:11% 11%-35% 36%-75% OVER 75% 1c 1919-S ANACS 64 BRN $637.99 1c 1920 NGC 62 BRN $354.99 1c 1934 D AU $42.10 1c 1936 AU $69.90 1c 1937 AU $49.99 1c 1938 D PCGS GENUINE $131.35 1c 1940 XF $110.99 1c 1942 CH BU R&B $29.99 1c 1943 D XF $38.51 $167.52 1c 1943 AU $67.66 1c 1943 UNC $95.00 1c 1943 D ANACS NET 55 $101.20 1c 1943 D NCS NET XF $41.00 1c 1944 D VF $29.88 1c 1944 XF $26.25 $31.50 1c 1944 D AU $22.27 1c 1944 UNC BRN $33.69 1c 1944 UNC R&B $28.98 1c 1944 D BU R&B $24.26 1c 1951-D D VF $26.10 1c 1951-D UNC R&B $39.00 1c 1951-D ANACS 62 BRN $49.99 1c 195(2)-S BU RED $152.62 1c 1954-S B UNC $53.99 1c 1954-S UNC R&B $70.99 1c 1955 AU $178.59 1c (?55)-(?) UNC BRN $56.55 1c 1957-D B AU $26.00 1c 1958-D AU $56.69 1c 1959 NGC 65 R&B $41.00 1c 1959-D NGC 65 RED $76.00 1c 1959-(?) NGC 64 BRN $66.00