1998 Silver Eagle Wrong Planchet Error

[Jon P. Sullivan]

Here's a short article Coin World just put up of a unique American silver eagle wrong planchet error. There very possibly are more of these out there when you consider the many millions of ASE's which are sitting around in tubes and boxes having never been searched.

 

I love rare wrong planchet errors like this. It would sure be neat if a gold eagle wrong planchet error showed up!

 

http://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/2015/10/check-your-1998-american-eagles-they-might-be-on-wrong-planchet.html

[oldcollectorcoins]

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pretty cool error.

 

thanks for sharing.

 

good to know we will seemingly not run out of thing to look for or through as more info comes to light.

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[RWB]

Should be easy enough to see given the small diameter and nearly plain edge.

[Jon P. Sullivan]

Should be easy enough to see given the small diameter and nearly plain edge.

It is. The lack of reeding on the coin's edge make it obvious, although if viewed simply from the obverse or reverse, there isn't much difference at a glance.

 

There very possibly are more of these out there, and collectors should be on the lookout in their tubes of ASE's.

[RWB]

I already checked mine -- but since I don't have any 1998 silver eagles it was a very, ver7y long shot. Also, I only have 1/2 a roll (w/butter and a bit or grape jam).