Return to Littleton Coin Home America's Favorite Coin Store Log In | Register           
        
ShopGiftsTop SellersWhat's NewSaleClubs View Cart Contents


Checkout | View Cart: 0 Items |
$0.00 ( 0 Shares Earned )
Definitions of some types of error coins

Definitions of some types of Error coins

 

Clipped Planchet: An incomplete coin that is missing 10-25% of the metal.

 

Multiple Strike: A coin that has additional image from being struck again off center.

 

Blank: A blank of metal intended for coinage but never struck with the dies.

 

Defective Die: A defective die will cause a coin to show raised metal or have a small rim break.

 

Off Center: A coin that has been struck out of collar and incorrectly centered with part of the design missing.

 

Broadstrike: A coin that was struck outside of the retaining collar.

 

Lamination: A flaw with a fragment of metal peeled off the coin's surface.

 

Brokerage: An error that reflects a mirror image of the design impressed on the opposite side of the same coin.

 

Wrong Planchet: A coin that is struck on a planchet designed for another denomination or metal.

 

Overstrike: A new coin produced with a previously struck coin used as the planchet.

 
Sign up for our FREE E-Mail Newsletter!   FREE E-Mail Newsletter      

About Littleton Shopping Services Help Info Center
 
VeriSign Secured Call toll free 1-800-645-3122 (M-F 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. eastern time) Order 24 Hours a day online!
© 1998-2009 Littleton Coin Company, LLC 1309 Mt. Eustis Road, Littleton, NH 03561-3735
All rights reserved.