100 Worst U.S. Coins of All Time

[James_OldeTowne]

Die Pair 2 is the big bucks pair, and the obverse is, indeed, a late die state. The dies clashed, rendering the reverse die useless, while the obverse was polished and repaired, in the process obliterating the mint mark. The reverse had a new die, and VOILA! 1922 plains.

 

The other die pairs were grease filled.

That is correct. It's the "false" 1922 plains that were struck from grease-filled dies.

 

For that matter, the 1937-D three-legged buffalo nickel is merely a "late die state" coin, but it happens to be one that I like, and buffs ARE collected by die-state (see the "two feather" coins).

 

Another coin that deserves to be in the "Worst 100":

 

1916-D Mercury dime in AG - no way is it worth the value it commands today, no way. In AG, it is butt-ugly, flat as a pancake and usually with barely a recognizable mintmark.