TM minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) 21 Page Price Guide Inside! Issue 41 • Summer 2017 A Mike Byers Publication Now Available From Amazon.com and Zyrus Press Mint Error News Magazine Issue 41 • Summer 2017 Issue 41 • Summer 2017 Publisher & Editor - Table of Contents - Mike Byers Production Editor Sam Rhazi Contributing Editors Andy Lustig Mike Byers’ Welcome 4 Fred Weinberg NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) 5 Contributing Writers Heritage Auctions A Visit With Fred Weinberg 11 Jon Sullivan NGC NGC Certifies Unique Cent 15 Advertising The Baltimore Coin Show & the Coin Market 20 The ad space is sold out. Please e-mail [email protected] to be added to the waiting list. NGC Grades Rare Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Error 24 Subscriptions We are not offering a paid subscription Grading and Honesty in Numismatics 28 at this time. 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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) is president of Mike Byers Fred Weinberg is a highly respected numismatist, with 40 Inc. He has been a professional numismatist for over years of full time experience in the rare coin marketplace. thirty-five years. He is one of He deals in numismatic United States Gold & Silver the largest dealers handling coinage, as well as specializing in buying & selling Major U.S. Gold Coins, Patterns and Mint Error coinage of all types. He is one of the original 31 Rarities certified by PCGS and dealers selected as an authorized P.C.G.S. (Professional NGC. He has handled major Coin Grading Service) dealer at it’s inception in 1986. coin collections and attends every major coin convention. Mike Byers carries an extensive inventory as well as solicits want lists and is always looking to purchase fresh inventory and collections. You can visit Mike Byers and view his rarities at the ANA, Central States, FUN show and the Long Beach Coin Expo. Mike Byers was a consultant to ANACS for Mint Errors Andy Lustig has been dealing in U.S. and World Coins from 2000 to 2006. He is also the Owner, Publisher and since 1975 and has attended more than 2,000 coin shows Editor of Mint Error News Magazine and the Mint Error and auctions. Andy is the co-founder of the Society of News Website that was founded in 2003. In 2009, Mike U.S. Pattern Collectors (uspatterns.com). He has been Byers published his first book, World’s Greatest Mint a member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG Errors, which received the NLG Award for Best World #614) since 2005. He is a member of NGC and was also Coin Book and is available on Amazon.com. a former grader and authenticator for PCGS. Page 4 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) by Mike Byers (mikebyers.com) This is a unique, spectacular and dramatic Belgium Franc struck in GOLD. Page 5 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) Below is an example of the 1903 obverse (French text) and the 1904 obverse (Dutch text) both struck in silver: t is an obverse die trial to test on the understrike and BELGEN the die in 1904, which was (Dutch) on the overstrike. Ithe first year of issue. The gold planchet that was selected is Many renowned numismatists larger in diameter than the silver specializing in world gold coins planchet used for the regular describe the surface as a matte issue. It was first struck using the finish. It has the gold color and 1903 obverse die that has French granular finish typical of gold text. Patterns with the obverse coins struck in matte proof design with French text were only or matte specimen. This is a struck in 1903. It was struck again discovery piece and the only with the 1904 obverse die that known Belgium gold die trial has Dutch text. The separation of the 1904 design overstruck between the strikes is clearly on the 1903 design. This is an visible in the portrait, lettering exciting and unique numismatic and denticles. The difference in rarity appealing to collectors of spelling is particularly evident gold strikings, patterns, die trials in the word BELGES (French) and mint errors. Page 6 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) Page 7 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) Page 8 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique GOLD Belgium Franc Obverse Die Trial (1904 Design Overstruck on 1903 Design) The detail from the understrike is clearly visible in the lettering and denticles. Page 9 minterrornews.com MIKE BYERS INC MIKEBYERS.COM U.S. & WORLD MAJOR MINT ERRORS Mike Byers has been a professional numismatist for forty years. He is one of the largest dealers handling U.S. Gold Coins, Patterns and Rarities certified by PCGS and NGC. He has handled major coin collections and attends every major coin convention. Mike Byers carries an extensive inventory as well as solicits want lists and is always looking to purchase fresh inventory and collections. Mike Byers was a consultant to ANACS for Mint Errors from 2000 to 2006. He is also the Publisher and Editor of Mint Error News Magazine and the Mint Error News Website that was founded in 2003. In 2009, Mike Byers published his first book, World’s Greatest Mint Errors, which received the NLG Award for Best World Coin Book and is available on Amazon.com. Mike Byers is a life member of ANA since 1985, a charter member of NGC and a featured dealer/member of PCGS. He is also a life member of the Central World’s Greatest Mint Errors States Numismatic Society and the Florida by Mike Byers United Numismatists. He is member A71 in the Certified Coin Exchange (CCE) and a NLG Award Winner: member of CDN Exchange (BYRS). Best World Coin Book Mike Byers was born in the coin business attending coin shows since he was six years old. When he was seventeen, he issued his first coin catalog. He has been a Market-Maker in U.S. Gold Coins and a dealer in major mint errors. In 1987 he offered limited partnerships and rare coin funds. He has written articles for The Coin Dealer Newsletter and has been featured on the front page of Coin World numerous times with his numismatic rarities. Mike Byers is a contributing author on mint errors for CoinLink & CoinWeek. He also assisted with the mint error section of Coin Facts on the PCGS website. You can visit Mike Byers and view his rarities at the ANA, Central States, FUN show and the Long Beach Coin Expo. MIKE BYERS INC P.O. B OX 26807, L A S VEGA S , NV 89126 [email protected] | 714-914-6415 A Visit With Fred Weinberg by Mike Byers (mikebyers.com) It is always a pleasure to visit Fred Weinberg (fredweinberg.com) in his office to conduct business and have lunch. Fred and I have been doing business for decades. My mother used to take me to Fred’s office before I was sixteen and able to drive myself. We always have interesting mint errors to show each other and catch up on all the gossip. Page 11 minterrornews.com A Visit With Fred Weinberg Here is a coin that Fred showed me which is unique and pretty cool since it is on a large gold U.S. denomination. Page 12 minterrornews.com A Visit With Fred Weinberg Obverse Indent @ 11:00 Page 13 minterrornews.com BUYING MAJOR ERROR COINS & CURRENCY If you have a single major mint error coin, either a recent issue or an older type coin, or 1,000 Off-Center Cents, please contact us.