a 1960 small date blank planchet set?

[N-6420]

Good morning everyone,

I was wondering if anyone in this forum collect the different blank planchets of various coin denominations. See picture below of one of my favorite blank planchet set. I have had it for some years now in my coin collection. Is there a possible market for these items.

From N-6420

[occnumis2021]

neat set. i've seen many as there are a ton of these unstruck out there but still decent interest in them last i checked.

i don't collect them.

[MintErrors]

Years ago, there was a semi tractor trailer that dumped tons of copper blank planchets. The state police dint care how the planchets were removed. People were picking the up by hand. Some even used a snow shovel.

In my opinion, If they are blank, it's nearly impossible to pin it to a year, unless some one bought a true mint sewn bag from a reputable place. Then, it's your word against theirs. If it's blank.... it's blank. Add in the fact that this is a non standard holder, anyone can place random planchets into a 3rd party holder. If it was still sealed in an original US Mint issued package, it very well may have brought a decent premium.

In my opinion, most bags available the last 30-plus years were picked clean, resewn and people added initials to the bags. They removed the errors, but did not take the time to remove all of the varieties.

The planchets that can be tied to an older series might fetch a premium. But, with the Lincoln copper cents, they basically have been the same for almost a century. I have never had a client ask for a blank planchet. I have purchased a roll of copper Lincoln blanks in the past, and they were exceptional, all were BU red examples. I did not even have to pay a Ben Franklin bill for all of them. They can be had pretty cheap.

Maybe the dime, quarter and half dollar might bring some premium since they should be silver, but other than that, I do not believe you would get rich off of these.