This week
The San Francisco Gap, Trail Dies, Patterns, "L on the Rim"
Three years San Francisco made no cents, an 1863 cent carrying three errors at once, and the
This Week on NumisDex
Every week we post new discoveries, one error type explained, and coins that are not in the books. Here is what we covered — look one up, then save it.
Previously
Week 15
Twenty-Cent Piece + Spiked Head
Monday's coin carries both branches of the Split Die diagram on one piece — a split die on the obverse and a retained cud on the reverse — and it is a half dime, so it calls back to both of Week 13's posts at once. Thursday is a compound error on a 1798 large cent: an overdate you have to hunt for, paired with an off-center strike you cannot miss. Saturday is a first-year 1859 Indian Head with a pre-cud on the one-year Laurel Wreath reverse.
Week 14
Trade Dollar + VAM Varieties
All three NITB coins this week are die-failure errors — and each one lands on a different branch of the diagram we published in Week 13's Split Die post. Monday is a crack that went all the way across but stopped short of splitting. Thursday is a cud that swallowed half the rim. Saturday is a die cracking in three places at once. The Split Die diagram, in the wild, three times.
Week 13
