Issue 31 - Mint Error News Magazine

Mint Error News Price GuideMated PairsMated pairs involve two individual coins with differenterrors that were struck together at the same time. Matedpair error combinations can be found in most error types andcome in many shapes and sizes. Mated pairs can be overlappedwhen one of the coins is struck off-center on top of anothercoin. Another type involves a brockage where a struck coinwas perfectly centered on a blank and restruck. Some matedpairs involve a die cap where the cap and brockage coin arediscovered together, but this is a scarce find.The rarest mated pair type involves two die caps (obverse andreverse) where both dies were capped at the same time and bothdie caps are mated. This last type is extremely rare and thereare only a few known examples of mated pairs involving anobverse die cap and reverse die cap. There are several of these mated pairs known on Kennedy Halvesincluding two dated 1976, which is the Bicentennial year. One of the most spectacular mated pairs involvetwo Barber Dimes, an obverse die cap mated to a reverse die cap and are unique.Mated pairs can also involve an off-metal where a smaller blank planchet or smaller struck coin was struckon top of a larger coin. This type is extremely rare. The most spectacular pair known is a double struckFranklin Half which was mated to a Lincoln Cent. The Lincoln Cent blank was on top of the obverse of thestruck Franklin Half. This pair was then struck together. It is unique.Denomination Overlapping Full Brockage Die Cap 2 Die CapsLincoln Cent Wheat Ears $3,500 $4,500 $7,500 −Lincoln Cent Memorial $500 $750 $750 $1,250Liberty Nickel − $20,000 − −Jefferson Nickel (pre War Time) − − − $15,000Jefferson Nickel $1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $2,500Barber Dime − − − $50,000Roosevelt Dime Silver $3,500 $4,000 $4,000 −Roosevelt Dime Clad $1,000 $1,250 $2,500 $3,000Washington Quarter Silver $4,000 − − −Washington Quarter Clad $1,500 $2,500 $5,000 $7,500State Quarter $3,000 $5,000 $10,000 −Kennedy Half Silver $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $12,500Kennedy Half Clad $5,000 $6,000 $6,000 $8,500Kennedy Half Bicentennial $6,000 $7,500 $7,500 $10,000IKE Dollar $20,000 − − −SBA Dollar $7,500 $10,000 − −Sac Dollar − − − −Page 103minterrornews.com