Indian Head Error Coins
Everybody makes mistakes and the United States Mints are no exception. The odds of producing billions of coins each year with no errors is simply too great. Normally, error coins are caught through the usual quality control procedures but, occasionally, some of the mistakes get by the inspectors and enter the normal channels of circulation. Some error coins may have been made deliberately, as their very existence is cause for suspicion.
The collecting of mint errors is one of the fastest growing areas in United States numismatics. Several specialty clubs exist, CONECA being perhaps the most prominent. More and more American collectors are discovering the great values to be found in world coin errors, and this too is a growing field.
