Mis-struck World Coins - A Primer
by Bill Snyder
More and more collectors are now looking for something 'different' to collect. I would like to suggest that one can learn a lot about coins and coinage by looking into Error coins. ...
mis-struck: a coin that was made improperly. See: Error.
mishandled Proof: a Proof coin that has been spent, cleaned, or otherwise damaged.
Miss Liberty: the name for the anonymous lady that appears on many U.S. coins.
mis-struck Term applied to the error coins that have striking irregularities.
ML Short for medium letters.
mis-struck
Error coins that have striking irregularities.
mishandled Proof ...
Counterfeit, Mis-struck, and Unofficial U.S. Coins: A Guide for the Detection of Cast and Struck Counterfeits, Electro-types, and Altered Coins
Don Taxay
Arco Pub. Co., 1963 ...
Mint Error - A mis-struck or defective coin produced by a mint.
Mint Luster - The "frost" on the surface of an Uncirculated or "Mint State" coin.
Mint Set - Group of Uncirculated coins of one date, as sold by the mint in the year of issue.
The most curious of all counterfeit Bust dollars is one I haven't seen in person but have read about in Don Taxay's 1966 book Counterfeit, Mis-Struck, and Unofficial U.S.
is an off-center placement of the design on the coin when it is struck while the planchet is incorrectly aligned between the two dies in the coining press. During World War II the care of inspection was relaxed resulting in many mis-struck coins ...
Note: Same as RIC VII, 273 with different bust type. The obverse legend is misspelled - should be CONSTANTINVS. Also, the exergue mark is incorrect - should be T*AR and appears to be a deliberate P and not just a mis-struck R.
 See also: Struck, Coin, Mint, Obverse, Coinage
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