numbers and images are misprinted on either side of the coin) and strike errors (uneven printing or wrong sized planchet ...

blank pieces of metal used to make coins. Planchet errors mean they might have the wrong shape or thickness, or no engraving at all Strike errors: A coin’s “strike” refers to the step in the ...

Coin collection is big business for those ... Francisco facility and a single Denver mint specimen. These rare wrong planchet errors began to surface in circulation in the late 1940s, confounding ...

Planchet errors typically include clipped planchets that are the wrong shape or thickness, or planchets that were left blank. Die errors: Die errors mean something went wrong in the minting process ...