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