I'm posting this for a friend. This bicentennial Ike dollar is missing the second "U" in "UNUM". Is that significant?

Missing numbers & letters on coins is a common error that's caused by grease or tiny pieces of metal filling in areas of the dies and for most coins does not add to the value.

What is a 1961 d penny worth with a u missing in unum

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thank you...i'll pass it along

A lot of times, it's just libs rubbing out the O in God.

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Thirty characters. Exactly...

A coin in that condition would grade as circulated, about good. Nothing to get excited about. I carry a 1972 low relief business strike Type 1 Denver in my pocket every day. My daughter, who is in the service carries a high relief S type 2. I gave it to her the day she joined the service. I've been a stamp and coin collector since the early fifties. You could still find a 1909VDBS in change back then.
DW

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DW, I've still got a couple of Victor D. Brenner's I found decades ago. I've also got some mis-struck Lincoln cents and a few other oddities that aren't really worth a lot. I once found a new roll of Lincoln cents with no dates on them. I sold them for a dime apiece and thought I was doing good. Anybody got a copper 1943 penny they want to sell?

Charlie that '43 penny does exist. Reportedly some leftover blanks still in the hopper went thru the stamping process. If my memory serves there are like six reported known maybe fewer. They are worth in the area of about $10,000.
DW

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I've seen estimates up to a dozen. One was found in Atlanta in something like '67 or early '68. Cabbie went into a liquor store on Stewart Avenue when he got off shift and bought a bottle. Got the 1943 copper penny back in change. It was sold to an unknown collector at the time. I remember this because I've collected coins, especially pennies since I was around 10 and it was a huge article in the Atlanta Journal. I found a 1909 VDB but never that elusive S-VDB and never could find a 1955 double strike.

I just saw that a copper 1943-S was sold in 2008 for $72,500. It had been found and placed in a teenagers collection in 1944. He used to bug his parents to get him rolls of pennies from the bank to go through. It seems he almost completed his collection including a 1922 plain but he never got his 1909 S-VDB. His son found the collection in a safety deposit box after his father passed away in 1996 and it still included the 1943 copper. Included was a 1958 letter from the Smithsonian stating that, in their opinion, the coin was genuine. Now days if you find one, it's either a copper washed zinc or a 1948 altered to appear as a 1943. Both are easy to spot. I have heard of 1943 coppers being found that appear to be authentic in all details except for the fact they are modern minted...in China.

As for the coin in the OP, the only time they have real value is if it is something generally rare but not one of a kind. Such as the 1909 S-VDB or the 1955 double strike or the 1943 copper penny. One off mistakes really don't demand much of a premium unless it's just something someone collects. As the old saying goes, it's worth what someone will pay for it. I have a 1960 nickel that has the 0 bleeding into the rim. It's the only one I've ever seen and from what I've been told, might be worth a dime. If it were me with the half-dollar, I would probably put it in a sleeve and keep it just as a curio.

CW

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