US Currency Errors

Pennies

• 1909 s penny - V.D.B on the back bottom
• 1923 - missing mint mark
• 1943 - copper wheat penny (should be steel)
• 1946-S Copper Cent
• 1955 no mint mark doubled die
• 1958 doubled die - Liberty and in god we trust
• 1960 D double die date

• 1969 D Penny - missing FG to right IFTTT  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 Lentz Law sorter to separate 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 obverse die clash columns
• 1988 D thick FG
• 1992 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 rare date
• 1937 S rare date
• 1937 double die
• 1943 double die in liberty and trust
• 1950 D over S mint mark error

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

• 1965 transition error - check the rim for silver
• 1965 double die
• 1974 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 / 1983 P & D - Keep all in good condition
• 1995 P - greased out eye
• 1999 Delaware - spitting horse, die chips belly, poop
• 2000 P - New Hampshire greased out mint mark
• 2001 Kentucky - die chip on building
• 2003 In God We Trust errors
• 2004 D Wisconsin - extra leaf on corn cob
• 2005 Kansas quarter - in god we rust / spitting bison / bison hump back
• 2005 P Oregon - doubling on tree and shoreline
• 2005 P Minnesota - extra tree 4th from Minn
• 2006 Nevada Pooping horse
• 2006 - 3 legged bison
• 2006 P Colorado reverse die cut error around rim
• 2006 Nebraska - die chip on sun or Chimney rock
• 2007 P Wyoming - doubling saddle horn / mint mark
• 2007 P - error on bird
• 2007 8 stamped over the T in Utah
• 2008 Colorado anything covering the JFE or the 2008
• 2008 Hawaii quarter - T next to mint mark
• 2008 Alaska quarter - six claws
• 2009 to 2013 - low mintage years
• 2009 DC Duke Ellington - ELL double stamp
• 2012 Denali - obverse mountain top die chips
• 2013 - booger die chip on nose
• 2015 homestead quarter - leaking bucket, snowy roof, window die chips
• 2015 - Die chip in turkey wing
• 2016 Virginia Extra windows error
• 2017 D - Frederick Douglas - die chip on roof
• 2017 Ellis Island - fangs on woman, floating bottle
• 2018 Block Island - die chip under top feather
• 2019 San Antonio - waves or tower die chip
• 2019 - W mint mark
• 2020 - W mint mark
• 2020 Samoa - greased out / crying bat / whiskers left side of face
• 2020 error on butterfly
• 2020 Vermont - die chip under trowel / die chip on elbow
• 2021 airmen quarter- Burning building / open cockpit, cracked goggles
• 2021 Delaware - die chip on hat / broken sword / as[
• 2022 Maya Angelo quarter - drooling Washington, Pearl in hand, Bird holding twig

Dimes

• 1916D - Mercury Dime
• 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 Saw - rare date
• 1949  - semi rare
• 1950 S
• 1950 P
• 1951S - semi rare
• 1952S - semi rare
• 1954 dime - missing designer initials left of date
• 1964 D - Double Die Reverse Error

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

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

Nickels

• 1913-S Type 2
• 1916/16 Date Doubled Die
• 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 double struck
• 2005 speared bison
• 2020 West Point W mint mark

Other Coins

Half Dollar

• 1955 BU Bugs Bunny Error on mouth
• 1964 doubled die on WE TRUST or RTY
• 1965 - 1970 40% silver
• 1971-D 40 Percent Silver Clad
• 1972 Denver half dollar - 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 low mintage year
• 1998-S Matte Special Mint Strike - matte finish on coin - silver
• 2002 and newer NIFC

Dollar coins

• 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.