Got this error coin at the place where I get most of my bought coins. I got it and a few other similar "nickels" to add to mt very small error collection. The error on this coin is a result of metal peeling off of the coin's surface due to gas, dirt, or oxides being trapped as the strip is rolled to the proper thickness. Apparently this was pretty common for these nickels and this coin is only worth $2.50.
That definitely looks like a lamination error! I've found a few wheaties like this, pretty typical error of the time. Not sure what my wheaties are worth, but I haven't done much with them yet, I've only got about 10 error coins and about 5 error notes. Unless you specifically collect error varieties, you're going to have a small collection of them, unless you luck out like Man and find machine doubled errors all the time lol.
ReplyDeleteI've got a small collection of error coins as well. I don't think I have any bills unless star notes count. I don't buy bills, though, which is about the only way to get bills unless you are very lucky. Also, it makes sense that Man would have so many living in a city with millions of other very busy people that don't have time to check their change. Although, only having three of them (two being foreign) makes me a bit jealous even if they're not worth much.
DeleteLOL, yeah it's true that the big city brings in better coins, but I'm still sure there are some penny pickers and the like in those towns. I do not believe that star notes are error notes unless they have an error on them (which would be extremely rare), since star notes are produced to replace the errors notes made during printing. I only have 2 great errors and one slight error, maybe I'll post them sometime. The best error I've got is a $1 with a wet ink transfer on the reverse, got it as change. The other error I have is a double error, alignment error with insufficient ink. My friend had it in her billfold and said it was ugly and wanted a newer bill, so I gave her another dollar back and then went home that night and looked at it and my jaw dropped... 0_0
ReplyDeleteBut anyways, in terms of star notes, I'd say I have about 70-80 in total with about 90% being dollar bills and then other 5% being $5's and the rest being other bills. I'll post those too sometime when I get the chance, there are too many!!!
Anyways nice post sensei!
Wow. This is the 1st-2nd longest comment on my blog. I'll try my best to respond to it. I went to the BEP a few years ago and learned all about bills, the machines that make them, and their history. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned it somewhere on here in the past if not I will sometime in the next few months. Sounds like some nice finds you've got. Apparently either I'm not that lucky or way too many people around here collect. Maybe it's just the fact that I find it harder to save bills than to save coins so I don't give bills much attention unless I spot something very noticeably different like a silver certificate or a major error. It sounds
Delete(or looks or whatever it's called when you're
reading) to me like you've got quite the
collection of star notes. I think the most
valuable one I have is a $5.00 bill worth
$7.50. Looks like you'll be busy posting all of those foreign coins and star notes. To finish I thought the sensei thing was pretty funny. Oh and if there are any grammatical errors it's because I'm typing on my iPhone and it tends to have a mind of it's own.