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In this issue:Treasures Among Treasure,The Rare DSLs-RPM.Improperly Annealed.1929-S 10% Struck Off Center Quarter.Cuve’s Error-Variety-Clash Round Up 4.Young Numismatists Program.And More...

Volume 28 Number 4 | July - August 2019Combined Organizations Of Numismatic Error Collectors Of America

China Invades the World of Error Coins

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In This Issue3 CONECA State Representatives Update4 President’s Message5 Membership News

Features8 Young Numismatists Program9 Membership Application10 China Invades the World of Error Coins17 Final Call for Errorama Banquet Dinner18 Treasures Among Treasure The Rare DSLs-RPM21 Where in the World Are CONECA Members?22 Improperly Annealed25 1929-S 10% Struck Off Center (AU58)27 Cuve’s Error-Variety-Clash Round Up 4

CONECA Services2 Guidelines and Advertising Rates6 CONECA Examination & Attribution Services7 CONECA Contacts

AdvertisersIFC Fred Weinberg & Co.IBC Jon SullivanOBC Jim’s Coins and Stamps

In this issue:Treasures Among Treasure,The Rare DSLs-RPM.Improperly Annealed.1929-S 10% Struck Off Center Quarter.Cuve’s Error-Variety-Clash Round Up 4.Young Numismatists Program.And More...

Volume 28 Number 4 | July - August 2019Combined Organizations Of Numismatic Error Collectors Of America


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President James MotleyVice President Mark LightermanTreasurer James ZimmermanSecretary Jason Cuvelier

Membership Maria Rickert-KittellPublications Allan AndersonYouth Director Logan WostynPublic Relations and Ken PotterElectionsWebmaster Peter LukicAttributions and James “Rick” EmeryExaminationsHistorian J C StevensErrorama/ANA Liaison Bob Mellor

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We are off and running! 14 States have at least one CONECA State Representative and several have more. We also have three Representatives in Canada from the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. If you would like to become a State Representative please email me, James Motley at [email protected] and request consideration. We have set up a web page on which you can see updates at http://conecaonline.org/content/staterep.html.

We also have a Facebook presence, https://www.facebook.com/ConecaStateRep. Come check us out and LIKE the Facebook page. Even if you don’t. : )

Here are the Representatives as they stand on 06-01-2019

CONECA State RepresentativesProgram Update

by James Motley

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Arkansas: David Smock [email protected]: JC [email protected]:1. Mark [email protected]. Robert [email protected]. John H. Miller [email protected]: Joe [email protected]: Mira [email protected]:1. Bob [email protected]. Troy [email protected]:1. James [email protected]. Logan [email protected]. Ken [email protected]. Michael [email protected]: Raymond [email protected]: Lee [email protected]: Allan [email protected] Jersey:1. Charles [email protected]. Peter [email protected] York: Jason [email protected] Carolina: Joseph [email protected]: Jeff [email protected]: Jimmy [email protected]:1. Rick [email protected]. James [email protected]: Denny [email protected]: Gary [email protected]: Paul [email protected]

CANADA

Alberta: Randy [email protected] Columbia: Greg [email protected]: Roger [email protected]


What an exciting time in numismatics! The Error/Variety portion of the hobby has taken off like a rocket. We are seeing more interest in the hobby then I can ever remember. Books like the Cherry Pickers Guide and Strike it Rich with Pocket Change are setting records for sales. Being active on Facebook and YouTube I have seen the hobby exploding on social media. CONECA membership continues to grow thanks to our State Rep program, our wonderful membership coordinator Maria Rickert-Kittle and all the folks out there recom-mending our club as the go to place for knowledge. Thank you to everyone for all the help spreading the word about CONECA. As I write this we are 779 members strong!

While I am writing this message, we are preparing for the World’s Fair of Money in August 2019 in Chicago. We will be having a table that is being manned by many of the leadership team at CONECA. So if you are able to attend please stop by and say hello, and bring a coin or two for us to look at. Another thing that we always look forward to is our annual banquet. At the banquet we will hand out numerous awards to worthy individuals, a member will be inducted into the CONECA Hall of Fame, and another member will receive the very prestigious Lyndon King Award as CONECA Member of the year. There will be 3 Kenny Knapp awards this year and then we get to the recogni-tions for Literary works. What a fun time! If you are interested in attending there is more information in this issue of the Errorscope. Please register ahead of time if possible so that we can give the restau-rant an approximate head count. I would also like to thank Mr. Fred Weinberg, Logan Wostyn, and James Motley for the donations of prizes for the banquet. Don’t forget to stop by Fred’s table and say hello and thank him personally for his contribu-tions.

President’s Messageby James Motley, CONECA President

The Errorscope can always use some fresh material, if you are so inclined please put some-thing together and send it to our awesome editor at [email protected]. One never knows, may-be it’s time to see your work published and share some of your knowledge with us. You can also write about some great cherrypicks you have made, what got you into the hobby etc.

I would like to thank the following for their generous donations to CONECA:

Anthony A. Anello, Jr., Mark and Vicki Cardwell, Donald Green, Craig Johnson, Judith C. Matherne, Steve Siegfried, and Tom Uram.

I would also like to welcome our newest Life Member, Burton Strauss.

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Membership News by Maria Rickert-Kittell

CONECA would like to thank the following members for their generous contributions to our organization:

Anthony A. Anello, Jr. - $15.00 General Fund, $15.00 Youth Fund Judith C. Matherne - $20.00 General Fund Mark and Vicki Cardwell - $35.00 General Fund Steve Siegfried - $50.00 Youth Fund Donald Green - $25.00 General Fund Tom Uram - $10.00 General Fund Craig Johnson - $10.00 General Fund

A warm welcome is extended to all of our new CONECA members!Total Membership — 779

CONECA has a new Young NumismatistMathew Kinko - recommended by James Zimmerman

New Members Recommended by New Members Recommended by Anthony C. Abate James Motley Eric Johnson InternetDennis Akervik-Coelho Self James Keehan InternetRussell F. Altersitz Self Logan Kehoe InternetPaul Andreasen Self Rob Lahoe Cherrypickers’ GuideRobert Archer Self Dave Lane SelfKelly Bailor Internet Travis Layton Variety VistaVeronica Bower Internet Edward Lumbert InternetGrace Bradshaw Corey Valdez Roy Meadows, Jr. SelfSteve Burns Self Ronald Morton Cherrypickers’ GuideMark and Vicki Cardwell J & Coins Art Parness James ZimmermanJohn Cava ANA, Copper Coin Joseph Potente SelfBryce Christensen Self Cecilia Sowinski coincommunity.comHarley Cummings Self Jeanette Sullivan Strike It RichJessica Dare Internet Misty Sumner YouTubeBaby and Betty Everett Self Renae Lynn Tichenor SelfJohn Gibson Self Andrew Timmerman Andy SnovellPatrick Gray Strike It Rich Corey Valdez SelfRick Hart Internet Haris Vladis SelfMary Hasty Self Frank Waddell Ken PeaveyWilmot Herrick CONECA booth -MSNS Chris Williams SelfCharles Jackson Self Billy Young SelfCraig Johnson James Motley

Burton Strauss became a Life Member.Four members have rejoined CONECA – Nicolas Liakopulos, Tom Mathews, John Nunnery, and Paul Olson.

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Examiners by NameUS Errors — Mark Lighterman / striking & planchet errors only

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Attributers by NameFlying Eagle & Indian Cents — Rick SnowTwo Cents & Three Cents — Frank Leone

Shield & Liberty Nickels — Ken HillSeated Liberty & Barber Coinage — Chris Pilliod

Trade, Morgan, & Peace Dollars — Mike FeyType, Commemorative, Bullion, and Gold — *Mike Ellis (pre-screener) **James Wiles

United States 20th Century Die Varieties Attributer — *Mike Ellis (pre-screener) **James WilesClashed Dies Attribution — Jason Cuvelier

* Mike Ellis prescreens 20th/21st Century U.S. Die Varieties to determine if they are already listed by consulting existing books and other published reports and then supplies the submitter with the correct number if he can find it. If he cannot determine the CONECA number or it is new, he will refer you to James Wiles.

** James Wiles offers the same service as Mike Ellis except that only he can assign CONECA numbers to new varieties not previously reported. It should be noted that James Wiles’ attribution fees are significantly higher than those of Mike Ellis (consult with either Ellis or Wiles or both to help determine which service would suit your needs best).

Note Regarding Submissions• An Examiner diagnoses and describes mint errors. He’s a diagnostician.

• An Attributer compares a submitted variety to the list of known varieties and tries to find a match. If there’s no match, he assigns it a new CONECA number or if it’s a world variety, a new number in the Variety Coin Register.

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Hello All.

Last issue’s quiz had a couple trick questions so I will give you those answers first so you can go back and check if you played along at home.

#1 – Alan Herbert and John Wexler - pg xxi Cherrypickers Guide

#2 – Supply and Demand

#3 – Misplaced Date

#4 – An error is a one time occurrence that is not repeated in exactly the same way a variety is repeated exactly the same way. – pg 328 cherryp-ickers guide

#5 – Mule

#6 – Lamination

#7 – Mickey Mouse (This was taken from a Yn’s Article)

#8 – Enhanced eagle tail feathers on the reverse

#9 – 1983

#10 – Cone and Neca which stood for COLLECTORS of NUMISMATIC ERRORS and NUMISMATIC ERROR COLLECTORS of AMERICA

Benjamin Simpson was the closest to get-ting 10/10. He will be receiving a prize in the mail.

Ok, so whats next? I think its time do do another essay contest. Essays need to be 500 words or more.

Here are the topic choices:

1. Why I Started Collecting. 2. My trip to the coin show. 3. When you grow up are you going to be a collector or dealer and why?

Best essay will receive a prize in the mail.


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China Invades the World of Error CoinsBy Mark Lighterman

Everyone has heard of the influx of fakes coming in from China and how much better the Chinese are getting at producing counterfeits that can fool the average collector. They are even getting better at intro-ducing them into the U.S. market including encasing them in fake slabs. Well I am here to let everyone know that they have now targeted the error field! I was indirectly introduced to one of the sites that sell these coin for as little as a one dollar a coin and thus in the interest of education I did purchase a few of them. Though I did get a little ribbing for buying them, I wanted to be able to show first hand to the members of CONECA what is turning up in. Remember this what I believe is the first wave of fake error coins to be massed produced for the U.S. market.

Though not an error I did buy a 1913 Liberty head nickel for my collection. One would think the weight on these coins would be way off the mark (with the 1913 Liberty head nickel being slightly off 5.3g vs the normal 5.0g) the weights most of the other coins are within tolerance if the coins being shown were real. We were also able to take a fluorescent x-ray spectrometer to each of the coins to determine what was really below the surface of these fakes. I would like to thank Jason Johnson of Melbourne Florida for providing us the metal content of each coin for this article. Being a person who studies wrong planchet errors,?? I first looked for coins that would fit in my col-lecting interest. I did spot two different ones. Those being a Morgan dollar and a Trade dollar both listed as struck on a 19mm planchet.

These photos were taken off the website thus no other information can be provided on these two coins.


For those who are new to the errors and variety field or may not have truly studied wrong planchet errors, two red flags should have immediately popped up upon seeing the coins in a photo. The first is that both pieces were struck directly in the center of the die. Though possible, it is very unlikely to be that well centered within the dies of such a larger host coin. The second and most important flag was that the coin is completely round. This could never happen with a smaller planchet being struck by much larger coin dies. That is because of the pressure used to strike the larger planchet coin and the unrestricted area for the planchet metal to flow between the dies. For that reason no smaller planchet will remain a perfect circle. Af-ter the smaller planchet was struck it would be both thinner than a normal planchet and the spread of metal would be in the directions of least resistance and thus not remain a perfect circle. These two pieces look like they were struck as a normal counterfeit coin and then donut hole punched out of the center of those coins to produce what they claim is an error coin. As you will soon see, these wrong planchet errors were the crudest of the errors being offered and the reason why I passed on buying them. The second group of errors and the first ones I did purchase were two Morgan dollars that were struck off center. From the photo you cannot tell but they have a dull light pewter look to them and not the usual silver color a real silver dollar would have.

They do ring like a sliver coin and the weight are within tolerance. One could discount their color to being in circulation and/or environmental conditions and a non collector might be fooled by these and may even buy it at the right price. But if this coin was in a fake slab who knows how many people would be fooled.


Now looking at the coins more closely and the real ‘red flag’ on both of these coins can be found on the third side of the coin. What is the third side of a coin? Well it is the edge of the coin.

Both of these coins have reeding around the full coin, encircling the entire coin including the area where the coin is unstruck. Even if there was some detail of reeding during the striking of a coin with edge reeding it would be impossible for reeding to be found on the area where the coin is unstruck.

The next set of coins that can be found on their website are differently dated off center Lincoln cents. These included a 1909 S VDB, 1922 (no D), 1955 Double Die, 1946 S and 1951 D dated cent.

1909 S VDB 15% off center @ 7:00

1922 (no D) 20% off center @ 7:00


1946 S 15% of center @ 12:30

1951 D 20% off center @ 7:00

1955 Double Die 15% off center @ 7:00

As you can see, these are all struck off center anywhere from 10 and 20 percent. Though details of the coin are missing as one would find on a normal off center struck coin, they are positioned in just the right place to allow the most important details to remain. Besides choosing the most valuable coins within the Lincoln cent series they also chose other less valuable dates that could really fool a beginner (those being the 1946S and 1951D.) Since this series has no reeding or other details that would standout flagging them as fakes (besides the markers one looks for


on a normal coin for those particular dates) no red ‘flags’ might be raised except for the rarity of these coins being in combination of also being an error. The final coins are to me are the best of the lot. Not only are the most sought after of all error coins, their appearance could fool many beginners. Those being the1943 Lincoln cent struck on a copper plan-chet, a 1944 P, D and S Lincoln cent each being struck on steel cent planchets and the famous 1937D three legged Buffalo.

1943 Lincoln cent struck on a copper planchet

1944 Lincoln cent struck on steel cent planchet

1944 D Lincoln cent struck on steel cent planchet


1944 S Lincoln cent struck on steel cent planchet

1937 three legged Buffalo

Even though coins of this caliber should send up red ‘flags’ all over the place, even the simple test of taking a magnet to the 1943 and 1944 cents could leave you scratching your head. Why? The 1943 cop-per cent is non magnetic and the 1944 steel cents are. As for the 1937-D three legged Buffalo the grade is so high and there are no marks showing the leg had been removed after the coin was struck. So even though on the surface these fakes look good to the untrained eye it is what is below the surface that will really open the eyes of everyone reading this article. So let’s look at the composition of each of these coins using a x-ray spectrometer. Let’s first look at the 1943 copper and the 1944 steel cents as they passed the simplest of tests using a magnet.


*Note: the x-ray spectrometer determined that all the off center cents had the same metal composition as the 1943 copper cent (99.53% Copper, .388% Platinum) As you can see the Counterfeit copper cent planchets are almost pure copper with a trace amount of Platinum and the steel cent planchets are almost pure iron (thus being attracted to a magnet). Compare those to a normal copper cent planchet that is only 95% copper with zinc and tin and the war time steel planchet that is steel and zinc. A big difference in metal content of the fakes verses what is in a real plan-chet. Now let’s look at what the x-ray spectrometer found about the metals being used in the other fake coins shown in this article:

Denomination: United States cents from 1909–1942, 1944–1982 Counterfeit Cents Weight: 3.11 g 3.1g - 3.2g Composition: 95% copper remainder tin or zinc 99.53% Copper, .388% Platinum

Denomination: United States 1943 wartime steel cent Counterfeit Cents Weight: 2.7 g 2.9g Composition: Zinc-plated Steel 99.53% Iron, .046% Zinc

Denomination: United States Five Cents 1883 - 1942, 1946 - 2019 Counterfeit Five Cents Weight: 5.00 g 4,9g Composition: 75% copper, 25% nickel 62.76% Copper, 36,24% Zinc, .994% Nickel

Denomination: United States Dollar 1878-1921 Counterfeit Dollars Weight: 26.73 g 26.6g - 26.8g Composition: 90.0% Silver, 10.0% Copper 63.97% Copper, 28.46% Zinc, 5.43 Nickel, .188% Iron

Again the metals and their percentages are way off the mark. With the off center dollars containing iron also a metal not found in United States coins. So this is a warning to every collector out there to be careful as to what you are buying and make sure that even if the coin passes all the tests on the surface make sure you look below the surface and check to see what the coin is really made of. n


FINAL CALL for

The Annual CONECA Errorama Banquet Dinner in ChicagoWhen: Thursday August 15, 2019

Reception begins at 6:30pm

Where: Carlucci Restaurant6111 N. River Rd., Rosemont, IL, 60018

Meal: Includes beverage of your choice (no alcohol, although there will be a cash bar just outside the banquet room),

Antipasti & Pizza Assortiti, Salad, choice of Pork or Chicken entrée and Cheesecake for dessertCost: $50.00 / person includes a fabulous meal and door prizes Reservations: There are 2 ways that you can make a reservation:

Make a check Payable to CONECA for $50 per attendee and attach a note for each attendees choice of pork or chicken for their entrée and mail to the CONECA Treasurer as follows: James Zimmerman 472 Cherry Lane Rd., Friedens, PA 15541 or Contact me, Bob Mellor, via email at [email protected] and state the number of attendees and their pork or chicken entrée choice and pay with cash or check at the door upon arrival. Deadline: Reservations must be received (mail or email) by August 01, 2019.

Door Prizes


Treasures Among TreasureThe Rare DSLs-RPM

by Ron Brown

There are countless RPM’s in the US coin series and among Lincoln cents likely the most. Take for instance the year 1960 where they number over a hundred for just that year. Of RPM’s, there are rare types and some real rare types. Take for instance, Inverted Mint Marks (IMM) or Over Mint Marks (OMM), and then there is the ultra-rare Repunched Mint Marks that are of the same letter over another but of a different style (typeface). I call these “dif-ferent style letters repunched mint marks” (DSLs-RPM’s)

In the rare family of IMM’s and OMMs, this group has sparse representations throughout US numismatics. The list below is from those major varieties listed by “Cherrypickers Guide” and is not meant to be comprehensive.

IMM’s

1. 1946 S Lincoln IMM FS-501

2. 1942 S Mercury Dime IMM FS-501

3. 1928 S Standing Liberty Quarter IMM FS-501

4. 1945-S Washington Quarter WIMM-001 IMM

5. 1953 D Washington Quarter IMM FS-501

6. 1956 D Washington Quarter IMM FS-501

7. 1909 S Barber Half Dollar IMM FS-501

8. 1944 S Walker Half Dollar Possible IMM FS-511

9. 1968 S PR Kennedy Half IMM FS-511

OMM’s

1. 1944 D/S Lincoln OMM FS-511


3. 1946 S/D Lincoln OMM FS-511




7. 1936 D/S Buff Nickel OMM FS-511

8. 1938 D/S Buff Nickel OMM FS-511 thru FS-515

9. 1949 D/S Jefferson OMM FS-501

10. 1954 S/D Jefferson OMM FS-501

11. 1955 D/S Jefferson OMM FS-501 (OMM-001 thru OMM-012)

12. 1947 S/D Roosevelt OMM FS-501

13. 1947 S/D Roosevelt OMM FS-502

14. 1950 D/S Roosevelt OMM FS-501

15. 1939 D/S Washington OMM FS-501

16. 1949 D/S Washington possible OMM FS-601


18. 1950 S/D Washington OMM FS-601


20. 1875 S/CC Trade Dollar OMM FS-501

21. 1875 S/CC Trade Dollar OMM FS-502

22. 1882 O/S Morgan Dollar OMM-003 thru OMM-005

23. 1900 O/CC Morgan Dollar OMM FS-501

As a general rule, it is interesting to note that OMM’s seem to command a higher value than the IMM even though IMM’s have fewer known representatives.

The ultra-rare reported DSLs-RPM’s on US coins are represented by only two known examples as of this writing and I contend they are in a dif-ferent class altogether as to rarity, availability and possibly value, with awareness and demand deter-mining their final story!


Because of the uniqueness of this variety I think they should have other than a simple title as an RPM – though technically that is true. DSLs-RPM’s for “Different Style Letters” RPM’s are more descriptive of this variety. OMM are different letter RPM’s such as O/CC, D/S etc. The DSLs-RPM’s are of the same letter but in a different style over one another. Currently known examples are only:

1. 1947 S Lincoln Sans Serif over Serif mint mark FS-5042. 1856 S Liberty Seated Quarter, S over s, large over small, with the small likely meant for the diminutive half dime - seen below.

The 1947 S/S DSLs-RPM “repunched mint-mark” FS-504 is listed by CONECA in the top 100 RPMs at 62 though this is not a rating, just a list by year. It is an interesting example of one mintmark style punched over another. In 1947 two mintmark styles were used at the San Francisco mint. They were the “Sans Serif” and “Serif” mintmarks. The “Serif” mintmark is also synonymous as the “Trum-pet Tail” style.

1947 S - Sans Sereif Mint Mark

1947 S - Serif Mint Mark or Trumpet Tail

As seen below it appears that a “Sans Serif” mintmark was punched directly over a “Serif” mint-mark.

Close up of FS-504 DSLs-RPM


It is also listed in the Cherrypicker’s Guide as having a URS “Universal rarity scale” of 7, meaning 33 to 64 known examples. CONECA list it as having a URS of 6 in circulated grade or 17 to 32 examples and a URS of 5 in Mint State or 9-16 examples known. I have never known what weight to give to URS ratings as it always seems at odds to me with actual known examples, but for sure this is a very hard variety to find - especially in mint state. Cherrypicker’s Guide Description: S/S North; FS-01-1947S-504 (21.31) CONECA Top 100 Grade: MS65 Red

Will other DSLs-RPM’s examples surface in the future?

Well - Maybe one is in plain sight yet to get credit right now.

There is an RPM for the 1928 S Lincoln with that year having both a small and large mint mark variety. When Mike Ellis was editor of Cherrypick-ers guide, he included it as just that, a large mint mark over a small. When the book came out it was not included. I believe as does Mike that this RPM-004 is a Large Mint Mark over the Small Mint Mark. Photos below are pretty convincing. I hope this is motivational for more consideration and study.

One thing is for sure, I will be looking more closely at the 1941 S Lincolns and Jefferson’s. Yah-never-know and that is the fun of numismatics variety searching and collecting. Enjoy the Hunt! n

(Possible 1928 S RPM-004 or DSLs-RPM. Large over Small)

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Improperly Annealedby Lee DeBevoise

Annealing is part of the coin minting process. It involves heating coin blanks (planchets) in a furnace to soften the metal, which is necessary before the coins can be struck. This is accomplished at temperatures up to 1700-degrees F. usually for half an hour.

Lamination Error - 1941 Cent

Lamination

When improperly annealed, an error called Lamination occurs. This Lamination occurs in the form of cracking and/or flaking/peeling on the surface of the coin. A contributing factor can also be an impurity in the planchets alloy. In truth, it would be better called Delamination.

A variation of this type of error is when there is a folding over of the “flake” within the Lamination area. This variation is then referred to as a Retained Lamination.

Annealed Error - 1943 Cent

Annealed Error - 1943 Cent Reverse

Annealed Error - 2001D Ny State Quarter

Annealed Error - 2001D Ny State Quarter Reverse


Lamination Error - 1943 Nickel



Lamination Error - 1957D Cent

Enviromental Damage - 1980D Cent - Not Lamination

Error - 1972 Dime - Not Lamination


“Black Beauty” Yet another annealing error is the “Black Beauty” Nickel. The prime years that these errors have occurred is 1958 and 1959, although they have appeared in other years. I have a 1961 “Black Beauty” Nickel in my collection.

“Black Beauty” errors have been found in other U.S. Coin denominations as well.

In this type of error, both the obverse and reverse must have at least a partial luster, but usually appear to be BU, and look to be “gunmetal” or “midnight tones” in color.

It is commonly believed that “Black Beauty” Nickels are the result of sintering, a.k.a. annealing too long, and/or improper alloy mixture. The U.S. nickel is an alloy known as “cupro-nickel”. Cupro-nickel is a combination of copper and nickel. Modern nickels are composed of 25 percent nickel and 75 percent copper and weigh-in at five (5) grams.

Black Beauty - 1961 Nickel

Black Beauty - 1961 Nickel Reverse

Black Beauty - 2001D NY State Quarter

Black Beauty - 2001D NY State Quarter Reverse

Enviromental Damage - 1986D Cent - Not Black Beauty

Be sure to check for cracks, gouges, etc., as coins having environmental damage may look somewhat like a “Black Beauty”, but usually have no luster.

Keep looking. You never know what may turn up in your pocket change or while cherry-picking! n


1929-S 10% Struck Off Center (AU58)by Edward Van Orden

I have been an avid Standing Liberty quar-ter (SLQ) collector for almost 20 years and in that time have seen only a handful of off-center struck SLQs in auctions or in pictures. When inquiring with dealers as to availability, I’d always hear the same story: they are gone the second they come in. I guess I was in the right place at the right time at the recent January Long Beach Expo. I stopped by a dealer to make a delivery and lo and behold, a 1929-S 10% off-center at 12:00 was in his case. I purchased it soon after and, like a wide-eyed kid, showed it to everyone I thought would share in my excitement.

Robert Knauss’s seminal work “Standing Liberty Quarter Errors and Varieties” (2nd edition, 2014) defines an off-center strike as a planchet im-properly fed into the coining chamber of the press and the images on each side of the coin off-cen-ter with part of the design missing. The degree to which a coin is off-centered is based upon the percentage of the design that is missing. For exam-ple, 90% of the image on this 1929-S is visible, so it would be described as being 10% off-center. The location of the off-centeredness is described by the clock position of the obverse image. The image of this 1929-S would be described as being off-cen-

1929-S obverse (NGC #4907311–001)

1929-S reverse (NGC #4907311–001)

K-0030 obverse

K-0030 reverse


ter at 12:00 since the obverse image is shifted up toward the twelve on a clock.

Mr. Knauss lists a total of 38 off-struck SLQs across all dates and mint marks. Six 1918-S exam-ples have been found as well as four each of the 1917-S Type 2 and 1929-S. After consulting with Mr. Knauss and comparing this 1929-S to those in his book, it appears this one may be a new dis-covery. While K-0030 (also pictured in Jay Cline’s “Standing Liberty Quarters” (3rd edition, 1997)) is strikingly close in regard to the degree and location of off-centeredness, the obverse design of this ’29-S is rotated slightly more clockwise with the bot-toms of the 2 and 9 incompletely struck up. On the reverse, the design is rotated slightly more coun-terclockwise and the rim (in a clockwise direction) ends at the beginning of the “E” in “UNITED” (as opposed to the end of the “D” on the K-0030).

Off-center strikes are among the rarest of Standing Liberty quarter errors and when they do show up in auctions or at a dealer’s table, they typ-ically command a premium and quickly disappear into collections. Considering less than 50 off-struck SLQs are known of the almost 224 million SLQs struck, perhaps Jay Cline’s quote, “This is one of the least mis-struck series of the entire U.S. coin-age; all in all, almost an errorless era of coins...” still holds up 53 years later. n

Picture of 1929-S in NGC #4907311–001

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Cuve’s Error-Variety-Clash Round Up 4By Jason Cuvelier

I have been on the lookout for years for a few isolated foreign doubled die examples. At the top of my list was the below 2000 Brasil 10 centavos doubled die with an extremely strong and well hubbed spread through BRASIL and much of the periphery including the horses head, sword and face. I believe there are at least near equal doubled dies from Brasil, but I am not sure any have the same impact. My determination is that it is a sightly uncentered class 1. I cannot explain how the back of the head is doubled yet PEDRO was not - even if there was a slight tilt NW.

2000 Brasil 10 Centavos doubled die


2000 Brasil 10 Centavos doubled die


Up next I have a 1973-S.Washington quester proof example acquired from Jon Sullivan showing a decent clashing event. The design transfer was largely confined to the fields of the obverse but the reverse does show parts of Washington’s portrait through the wings.

1973-S Washington Quarter clashed dies



Over the past several issues when I have focused on clashes, I tend to include at least one exam-ple where we see design transfer on lower points of the dies (which are the high points of the struck coin). I continue to believe that through the speed of striking, possibly aided by heat from previous strikes, seems to facilitate a flex in the surface of the designs that results in these deeper points making contact. Not as bold as the 1993 British pound clashed dies from my previous article, but we still see parts of the torch and the oak leaves across Roosevelt’s neck into his ear. This coin also shows that this was a doubled clash event. I had hopes of identifying a counterclash, but I have yet to find anything specific.

1981-D Roosevelt Dime clashed dies


1981-D Roosevelt Dime clashed dies


1973 Sudan 5 Milliemes doubled die 001

There has for a while now been one known 1973 5 Milliemes Sudan DDO (bird side). I see them for sale periodically. Here is one I have yet to see and for the purpose of this article I am calling it DDO-001. There is a strong off set and tilted (class IV & VIII) northerly spread on all the upper lettering and the higher portions of the FAO and coat of arms. The secretary bird beak is doubled to the degree it looks comically open.



Here I am calling the more common 1973 5 Milliemes Sudan DDO (bird side) DDO-002. Here we have an off set (class IV) going from east to west and covering almost the entire design. n

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