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Welcome to minterrornews.com, bringing the latest mint error news and information to the collector. This is our third year bringing you both a print magazine and an on-line PDF magazine filled with articles, features and discoveries of major mint errors (striking errors) from the United States and around the World. Minterrornews.com has become one of the most popular and informative Internet resources for mint errors and is read by thousands of dealers and collectors. Two major…

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Connie Billings
Our August blog post is about the smaller coins that have been minted in the last century. Coins For Sale, Coin Values, Valuable Coins, Coins Worth Money, Old Coins Value, World Coins, Coin Worth, Foreign Coins, Coin Collecting

In the United States, our smallest circulating coin is the dime (10 cents). Its diameter is 18mm (a little less than 3/4 of an inch), which is only 1mm smaller than the penny (1 cent). The size difference is not easily noticed, which is why the dime is a different color (silver) and has a reeded edge to make the 2 coins more distinguishable. While the dime seems pretty small, there have been plenty of modern world coins which are even smaller. The main reason to mint a small coin is, of…

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World Coin Collecting: Wavy-Edged Coins Art, Hyderabad, Foreign Coins, World Coins, English Coins, Coin Values, Coins Worth Money, Rare Coins Worth Money, Valuable Coins

A scallop-edged coin from the Bahamas Despite what we are used to here in the United States, coins do not have to be round to be minted and spent. I've previously discussed square coins, but an even more common shape is the scalloped coin, which has a wavy edge that goes all the way around the coin. The name comes from the distinctive wavy shell of the scallop, a sea mollusk similar to a clam. This coin shape may also be referred to as wavy-edged, flower shaped, or sun shaped. Coins with 8…

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Marco Hancock

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