What causes error coins like this ? and.........

[thebeav]

do they have decent value? A ghost like image on the obverse of both. Reverse details and rim are VERY sharply defined. Thank you for your help.

Paul

 

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[PaulS.]

They're struck through capped dies.

 

 

-Paul

[thebeav]

Thanks Paul.

Any idea of values?

I'm just wondering if they had to be in plastic in order to 'get the money out' of them....

 

Paul

[Coincrazed74]

Very neat errors there! Thanks for sharing and I hope for your sake they're worth a lot!

[RWB]

They're struck through capped dies.

 

Oh.... I thought it said "They're struck through a cat that died."

[johnny9434]

nice errors i like

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

It is probably my screen....

They do not "look" right, to me.

[L1ncolnF4n]

Generally they're worth anywhere from $50 on up depending on severity, condition, and denomination (and year for that matter).

 

Since you can make out what looks like a 1977 on the cent you probably have about $70 there.

 

The dime doesn't appear to have a full date visible it's probably around $60-70.

 

Be aware that errors are really worth what other people will pay for them, more so than other coins so drastic differences in value between comparable errors are not surprising.

[thebeav]

Thanks for all the info folks and for taking a look. Thank you for the price ideas Lincolnfan.

I guess they're not worth submitting. Especially since they're not uncirculated.

 

Paul

 

[toyman-migration]

still a cool piece to have.

[L1ncolnF4n]

still a cool piece to have.

 

Absolutely. I have a wheat cent that was struck through a capped die and is probably in MS-66RB.