About U.S. Mint Error Coins

You could say that the U.S. Mint Error Coins website began during the 70's with an avid coin collecting teenager, me. When coin shows came to town, I was one of the first in line. I constantly scoured through my pocket change (and my parents) for old and valuable coins.

However, after high school and through college, my prized coin collection gathered dust in a box for over two decades. Until my daughter inquired about that box hiding on a high shelf in the closet. Opening that box we looked over a collection of coins, Mercury Dimes, Wheat Pennies, coins made of silver. That teenage passion was rekindled.

While doing research on the current state of coin collecting, my wife and I stumbled across websites and books on error coins. And that began our fascination on this facet of coin collecting. We've found searching for error coins to be a wonderful activity. And by closely studying the coins that pass through our fingers has given us a appreciation on the art and design of U.S. coins.   

We found many online resources for error coins that have helped educate us on this hobby. Additionally, we've found an extensive offering on EBay. U.S. Mint Error Coins website is our effort to pull this information together in a tidy online resource and document our search for error coins. Additionally, we've attempted to list the offerings on EBay into categories of error coins. This was an attempt to help us easily navigate the online auction house for current prices and examples of error coins and, hopefully, be a useful resource for error coin collectors as well.