US Currency Errors
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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.