Issue 1 - Mint Error News Magazine
Issue 1 - Mint Error News Magazine
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Volume I • <strong>Issue</strong> I • Spring 2003<br />
Publisher and Editor<br />
Mike Byers<br />
Production Design<br />
Sam Rhazi<br />
Contributing Editors<br />
Fred Weinberg<br />
Allan Levy<br />
Contributing Writers<br />
James Archibald<br />
Ray Gaudette • Bert Hickman<br />
Henry Hilgard • Terry Holcomb<br />
Mike Moloney • J.T. Stanton<br />
Saul Teichman • Martin Wettmark<br />
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<strong>Mint</strong> <strong>Error</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
Welcome 4<br />
2000-P Massachusetts Quarter Struck on an<br />
Experimental Planchet<br />
5<br />
The Real Story Behind The Aluminum Feeder<br />
Finger Find<br />
7<br />
Chile 10 Pesos Double Struck on Feeder Finger 9<br />
Is a “Double <strong>Error</strong>” Large Cent More Valuable? 11<br />
“Shrunken Coins” and How to Recognize Them 12<br />
Al’s Perspective on 2002 & 2003 <strong>Mint</strong> <strong>Error</strong>s... 14<br />
Pattern or <strong>Mint</strong> <strong>Error</strong>? 15<br />
Wow, <strong>Error</strong> Prices Have Changed 17<br />
1865 2¢ Obverse Die Cap & Brockage Sells For<br />
Record Price<br />
18<br />
<strong>Mint</strong> <strong>Error</strong> <strong>News</strong> Price Guide 21<br />
Where Have All of the Coins Gone? 26<br />
<strong>Error</strong> World Club / <strong>Mint</strong> <strong>Error</strong> <strong>News</strong> Contest 29<br />
Exclusive Discounts 30<br />
Eureka Trading Systems Introduces <strong>Error</strong> Section 31<br />
Specific Gravity 32<br />
1999 SBA Dollar Cap on a Struck Georgia Quarter 34<br />
The Story Behind An Interesting Overstrike Coin 35<br />
Double Struck French 5 Francs on Spoon!! 36<br />
The Amazing Broken CC and Other <strong>Error</strong>s on<br />
Display<br />
37<br />
A Fascinating 1790 Mule 38<br />
Triple Struck Double Denom Rev Brockage Off<br />
Metal -OR- Triple Denom?.... That is the Question<br />
39<br />
Two-Headed & Two-Tailed Coins 40<br />
Frequently Asked Questions 42<br />
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