US Error Coin Guide 2025 : Unsurpassed and Comprehensive (Error Coin Guides by Stan McDonald Book 1)

Welcome to the 15th edition of the US Error Coin Guide, which presents thousands of listings for all types of errors with more than 51,000 coins reviewed. Our number-one selling guide.

The contents of this book have been written with 60 years of experience in numismatics, education and research, membership in coin clubs, and authoring articles for coin magazines. There are many books available for this subject, however, our guide is written by a lifelong collector with the accreditations to quality as a numismatist.

Error Coin Collecting
Error coin collecting is a growing hobby and family fun. Every year, this guide is updated with new and exciting findings. No other guide presents as much information about error collection. Photos of all errors with complete descriptions validated by PCGS and NGC terminology provide collectors with information to identify the type of error. A chapter is dedicated to presenting all known Lincoln Cent DDO, DDR, and RPM errors since 1909 with photos.

Error Coin Types and Where They are Located
All types of errors from striking, planchet, and dies that collectors can be located from old collections, bank-rolled coins, and circulation. Many error coins circulate without detection since most are not well known.

Error Coin Types and Photographs
A comprehensive listing of error coin types with photos validated by associations the American Numismatics Association and other credible sources.

DDO and RPM Photographs
A listing of the most common DDO and RPM listings.

Doubled Die Classifications
There are eight doubled die classifications for explaining the types of doubled dies created by die creation.

Numismatic Glossary
A complete glossary of the most significant coin terms are compiled in our glossary.

With the information in this guide, collectors will be able to buy and sell error coins with confidence.

For new collectors: US Error Coin Guide 2024—New Collector Edition. Guides are available in color.

For book purchasers, included is a contact email that can be used to discuss or review coin errors or comment on our book.

Major Error Categories:
Die errors: Errors created from broken dies, cracked collars, hub errors, misaligned dies, doubled die errors, and repunched mintmarks.

Planchet Errors: Blanks used in the minting process with cracks, clips, defects, lamination, occluded gas, unplated, the wrong metal, and the wrong planchet.

Striking errors: Errors created in the minting process, such as bonded pairs, broadstrikes, brockage, chain strikes, counter brockage, die cap, double denomination, flip over, fold over, indent, mated pairs, off center, strike through, and others.