US Currency Errors

Pennies

• 1909 S - V.D.B
• 1923 P - missing mint mark
• 1943 - Copper - should be steel
• 1946 S - Copper
• 1955 P - Doubled die, no mint mark
• 1958 doubled die - Liberty and in god we trust
• 1960 D - double die date

• 1969 D - missing FG to right of stairs
• 1969 S - double die obverse
• 1970 S - small date
• 1972 doubled die obverse

** Keep all 1981 and earlier - these are 95% copper **

• 1982 - mix of copper and zinc pennies - use sorter to separate out the copper.

• 1982 D - small date, weighs over 3g
• 1983 DDR double ear
• 1983 no mint mark double one cent doubling
• 1984 double ear
• 1985 D - repunched line in mint mark
• 1985 P - obverse die clash columns
• 1988 D - thick FG
• 1992 P - close / touching AM
• 1995 no mint mark date double die
• 1997 double ear
• 1998 min 1999, 2000 - wide AM
• 1999 lettering outlines to left of United
• 2009 extra thumb    
• 2021 major obverse die crack
• 2022 lines on obverse.    

Quarters

• 1932 S - Key date
• 1937 S - Key date
• 1937 P - Doubled die
• 1943 P - Doubled die in liberty and trust
• 1950 D - S over mint mark

**** Keep all 1964 and earlier - these are 90% silver ****

• 1965 transition error - check the rim for silver
• 1965 P - double die
• 1974 D - spitting eagle
• 1976 bicentennial drummer - double stamp liberty
• 1982 P or D Spitting Eagle die crack from beak to rim
• 1983 D - spitting eagle die crack from beak to rim
• 1982 P & D - Keep if in AU condition
• 1983 P & D - Keep if in AU condition
• 1995 P - Die crack across Q / greased out eye
• 1999 P - Delaware - Spitting Horse
• 2000 P - New Hampshire greased out mint mark
• 2004 D - Wisconsin - extra leaf on corn cob
• 2005 P - Kansas - In God We Rust
• 2005 P - Kansas Humpback Bison
• 2005 P - Oregon - doubling on tree and shoreline
• 2005 P - Minnesota - extra tree 4th from state's outline
• 2006 P - Nevada Pooping horse
• 2006 D - North Dakota DDR front leg
• 2006 P - North Dakota pooping buffalo
• 2006 P - Colorado reverse cud error
• 2006 P - Nebraska - Die chip on sun or Chimney rock
• 2007 P - Wyoming - doubling saddle horn / mint mark
• 2007 P - Die chip on bird
• 2007 P - Utah 8 stamped over the T in Utah
• 2008 P - Colorado anything covering the JFE or the 2008
• 2008 D - Hawaii - T next to mint mark
• 2008 P - Hawaii - Die chips IN GOD WE
• 2008 P - Alaska quarter - Six Claw
• 2009 P - District of Columbia - Duke Ellington - ELL DDR
• 2012 P - Alaska Denali - die chip on mountain top
• 2013 P - South Dakota - booger die chip on nose
• 2015 P - Nebraska homestead quarter - leaking bucket / snowy roof / window die chips
• 2016 P - Virginia Harper's Ferry - Extra windows error / snow on roof / rat on downspout
• 2017 D - Frederick Douglas - die crack near pen and beard
• 2017 P - Ellis Island - fangs on woman / floating bottle
• 2018 P - Nevada Block Island - die chip under top feather
• 2019 P - Texas San Antonio - waves or tower die chip
• 2019 W - Limited release
• 2020 W - Limited release
• 2020 P - American Samoa - greased out bat face / whiskers left side of face
• 2020 P - Kansas - die chips on butterfly
• 2020 P - Vermont - die chip under trowel / die chip on elbow
• 2020 P - Connecticut Weir Farm die chip between tree and roof
• 2021 P - Tuskegee Airmen - Burning building / open cockpit / cracked goggles
• 2021 P - Crossing the Delaware - Full crown die chip on hat / broken sword
• 2022 P - Maya Angelou - Pearl in hand / Bird holding twig in beak
• 2023 P - Bessie Coleman - Extra Baggage / DDR on EC initials
• 2023 P - Edith Kanaka'ole - Die clash

Dimes

• 1916 D - Mercury Dime key date
• 1918 D - Full Band Mercury Dime
• 1921 and 1921-D Mercury Dimes
• 1926 S - Mercury dime
• 1942/1 and 1942/1-D Overdate Mercury Dimes
• 1945 S - Micro S Full Band Mercury Dime
• 1946 S
• 1949 S - rare date
• 1949  - semi rare
• 1950 S
• 1950 P
• 1951 S - semi rare
• 1952 S - semi rare
• 1954 dime - missing designer initials left of date
• 1964 D - Double Die Reverse Error

** Keep all 1964 and earlier - 90% silver **

• 1982 - Missing P Mintmark Roosevelt Dime
• 1996 W - Westpoint Roosevelt dime
• 2022 - something on your chin error

Nickels

• 1913 S Type 2
• 1916 Doubled die date
• 1918/7 Buffalo Nickel date over-punched 8 over 7
• 1921 S
• 1924 S
• 1926 S
• 1935 Doubled Die Reverse - Five Cents
• 1937 D - Three Legged Buffalo
• 1942 - silver war nickel - keep all - 35% silver
• 1943 - silver war nickel - keep all - 35% silver
• 1944 - silver war nickel - keep all - 35% silver
• 1945 - silver war nickel - keep all - 35% silver
• 1971 P - Double struck
• 2005 D - Speared bison
• 2020 W - NIFC Proof / reverse proof

Half Dollar

• 1955 BU Bugs Bunny Error on mouth
• 1964 doubled die on WE TRUST or RTY
• 1964 Drip on 4 special mint set
• 1965 - 1970 40% silver
• 1972 D - no FG under right leg (check all Kennedy years) / weak FG
• 1974 D - Doubled Die Obverse on TRUST
• 1977 D - 40 Percent Silver Clad
• 1987 - NIFC
• 1998 S - Matte Special Mint Strike - matte finish on coin - silver
• 2002 and newer NIFC

Dollar

• 2000 dollar coin - wounded eagle line
• 2007 Presidential Dollar - missing edge inscriptions

Bills

Fancy Serial Numbers

• Look up all star notes to determine how rare they are.
• Low / high serial numbers - 00000XXX or 99999XXX
• Ladders - 00234567 or 00112233
• Binary - containing only two numbers - 74774774 or 22332323
• True binary - zeros and ones only - 01101011
• Solid - all the same number - 22222222 or 77777777
• Quad double - 55553333 or 11118888

One Dollar Bills

• 1988 - Webb note, number above the E in ONE
• 1993 - Webb note, number above the E in ONE
• 1995 - Webb note, number above the E in ONE
• 1963 - Joseph Barr signature
• 2013 - B serial number star note - may be duplicate

Notes

• Star note lookup and info about cool serial numbers.
• Collect all 2019 and 2020 W minted quarters
• Collect all S mint quarters - see here for info.