8 Valuable Error Coins Proving That Weirdness Is Worth A Lot

1900 Indian Cent Struck on a Gold Planchet

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1999 Lincoln Cent Muled With a Roosevelt Dime

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1905 Indian Cent Struck on a Gold Planchet

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2001-D Lincoln Cent Muled With a Roosevelt Dime

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1970-S Washington Quarter Overstruck on an 1898 Five Dollar Coin

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Sacagawea Dollar Muled With a Statehood Washington Quarter

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1904 $20 Liberty Double Eagle Struck Off Center

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1913 Buffalo Nickel Struck on a Half Eagle Planchet

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