Chipped die or?

[Ronald]

I Found this one in a 50’s bag today. The S in trust seems to have taken on a new look. I am thinking chipped die, could not see other evidence of being struck PMD.

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[mustbebob]

This is merely circulation damage. The letter took a hit.

[Ronald]

This is merely circulation damage. The letter took a hit.

Precision circulation damage. Lol, high relief with only minimal MD. Thank you again for you inputs.

[MintErrors]

Yes, when magnifying the "S" you can see the semi-circle impression where the original portion of the "S" was. Who knows what caused it but it is post mint damage, in my opinion.

[mustbebob]

Precision circulation damage. Lol, high relief with only minimal MD.

I recognize the sarcasm. Do you have a better explanation or for that matter any explanation? I didn't mention MD. The letter took a light hit. It wasn't bashed in with a cinder block. (this is sarcasm).

Please remember that you asked for opinions from us. It is damage, and unless you were there when it happened, our opinions are all we have.

[Ronald]

I recognize the sarcasm. Do you have a better explanation or for that matter any explanation? I didn't mention MD. The letter took a light hit. It wasn't bashed in with a cinder block. (this is sarcasm).

Please remember that you asked for opinions from us. It is damage, and unless you were there when it happened, our opinions are all we have.

You have a good eye for sarcasm, but needless to say it was not in regards to your opinion or you, but is meant to be sarcasm at my search and find rescue attempts to find the ultimate coin error. Again with this I appreciate all of your inputs and with that will try harder to refrain from joking about my learning curve and my finds and will keep my post clear of any possible misunderstanding that may appear to lean toward a negative bias. As always thank you again for your time…

[MintErrors]

It is tough going roll hunting or pocket change hunting. I started that way and for me personally. I could see that this way was not going to meet my expectations. I decided to go all in and buy bags and bu rolls. I told myself, these would show up clearer, be worth more and I did not have to judge whether a coin was PMD or not.

PNWMAKES, he is pulling a decent amount of RPMs from rolls so they are still out there. Withe the last RPM minted over 30+ years ago, and the last "old school" doubled die done in 1995, it has become some what difficult to cherry pick varieties and errors at face value.

Finding an ultimate error coin is probably not going to happen unless your luck is beyond belief when it comes to pocket change and circulated rolls. It depends on your perception of the ultimate error coin, i guess. Most probably would not fit in a roll, and if so, have probably been cherry picked by now.

The existence of 1972 ddo is a possibility, a much lower percentage for the 1969-s ddo but those, along with RPMs are varieties and not errors.

We are here to help. There are literally thousands of posts on this forum and we would like them all to be awesome errors and varieties, but that is far from being reality. As time passes and people yearn to pull a winner from a roll or pocket change, they will either change directions on their approach to find a higher success rate, or they will change what they want to collect.

[PNWMAKES]

I started out coin roll hunting circulated boxes of cents from the bank, sometimes two to three a week. But is was very frustrating. so I also went to my local LCS and bought twenty or so BU rolls mostly in the 60's and continue to buy BU rolls and have found quite a few RPM's My collection of attributive RPM's is up to 30 different ones. I have also found probably a half dozen or so different DDO's and DDR's (nothing worth a lot of money) but still a blast to find. I still buy a box or two a month from the bank but they mostly just sit on the shelf. Don't get discouraged, try going to or calling your LCS to see if they have any BU rolls.

[Ronald]

Great inputs of error coin wisdom. I and I hope others appreciate this. I am searching from a few bags I have had, and rolls I sorted out by year a long time ago. I received a digital scope as a gift recently and decided to finish this old puzzle I started years ago. Since the end of the procrastination part of this, I found a few good people willing to endure my inundation of questions on errors and appreciate the interaction. Thank You all again, your endurance levels are beyond.