3.6 Grams (64% Silver/36% Copper) Ex: Fred Weinberg By Mike Byers for Mint Error News …… This is a world-class 1943 Lincoln cent major mint error. It’s many times rarer than the 1943 copper cent. The United States Mint has produced coins for foreign governments at various times during its history. During World War […]
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The Only 1974 Aluminum Cent That Can Be Privately Owned The 1974 aluminum cent is world famous. Proposed in 1973 and struck in 1974, it was never released into circulation. The United States Mint distributed several to members of Congress, but they were recalled by Mint Director Mary Brooks and destroyed. One example struck […]
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The 1943 Donald Lutes bronze cent, at left above, and the 1943-S Kenneth S. Wing bronze cent. The ultra-rare NGC-certified Lutes and Wing 1943 Bronze Cents each recently realized more than $200,000 and received wide media coverage Two of the rarest and most famous US coins have been brought together under a single owner. The […]
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Old-time collectors knew this issue simply as the “1922 Plain” cents, although the current terminology is 1922 No D Lincoln Cent No cents were coined at the Philadelphia Mint in 1922, accounting for the great rarity of 1922-D cents with no visible mintmark, nor were any 1922 cents struck in San Francisco. Three Denver die […]
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1958 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent – One of Just Three Examples Known By Ben Orooji, Numismatist & Cataloger – Stack’s Bowers ….. Stack’s Bowers Galleries is delighted to offer one of only three known examples of the 1958 Doubled Die Obverse FS-101 Lincoln cent in their Official Auction of the Whitman Coins & Collectibles […]
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By James McCartney, Numismatist & Cataloger – Stack’s Bowers …… The Denver Mint struck over 12 billion Lincoln cents in 1982 and 1983 combined, ensuring that the term “scarce” would never be associated with cents bearing those dates. However, oversights in quality control and perhaps a bit of luck have resulted in two cents from […]
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In the third episode of Cool Coins! for 2016, CoinWeek walks the bourse at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show in Dallas Texas, where we get a look at an unbelievable Lincoln cent die cap error, a cache of 19th century Japanese gold Ichibu coins, an 1857 Flying Eagle cent that shows a […]
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