by Ken Potter & John Wexler Image courtesy of John Wexler December 20, 2015—First reported to John Wexler, news of a strong 2015 Lincoln cent doubled die obverse variety quickly spread to at least one of the error-variety coin related Facebook pages, but it is still little known to most others and just missed getting […]
Photo © Ken Potter 2009 / Coin Courtesy of Thomas Baalman Photo © Ken Potter 2009 / Coin Courtesy of John Frye In a Numismatic News article, Ken Potter says: “After a major lapse in time, I am again getting reports on major die crack varieties found on proof coins. The latest two are both […]
Image © Ken Potter 2013 / Coin courtesy of Gary Yost This steel cent is missing the 3 of date. Filled dies such as this rarely add much value to the coin. Image © Ken Potter 2013 / Coin courtesy of Mike Van Allen While the die deterioration doubling on this coin is strong it […]
Images © Ken Potter 2013 / Coin courtesy of Jeff Young February 20, 2013—Jeff Young, who reported the first 1983-D Lincoln cent struck on a solid 95% copper planchet, two weeks later reported finding a 1966 doubled-die reverse cent. It represents only the third example found (that I know of) since it was first reported […]
Image © Ken Potter 2011 / Coin Courtesy of Frank Danna / Shot at Michigan State Numismatic Society Spring Convention Shown here is an 1980 Indent Strike that falls in the Striking Error-Variety Division. It was struck through an Off Center cent that was uniface on the reverse. Thus the unusual spread of the indented […]
by Ken Potter – NLG Image © Ken Potter 2011 June 24, 2011 — Gerald Fishman sent in this beautiful RPM on a 1936-D cent that is virtually a D & D (or some might argue is two separate Ds). At first glance, I couldn’t see the secondary D. Nonetheless after titling it in just […]
Images © Billy Crawford 2011 June 24, 2011 – Billy Crawfords latest DVN e-Newsletter reports upon a new 2011 Lincoln cent with a rather significant Doubled Die Reverse. According to Crawford: “Well it was only just a few day ago we reported on a very nice doubled die obverse (DDO) found on a 2011 Lincoln […]
February 20, 2013 — Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) of Sarasota, FL, has certified an unstruck planchet for 1793 Half Cents. Among the most unusual items ever seen by NGC, this recently submitted copper planchet for half cents was never struck with dies yet displays a perfectly lettered edge. This is entirely possible, as the edge […]
