1983 P OFF CENTER Jefferson Nickel Full Date & Mint Mark R-1073

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1983 P OFF CENTER Jefferson Nickel Full Date & Mint Mark R-1073 Year : 1983 P Denomination : 5c Error : Off Center Jefferson Nickel Full Date and Mint Mark Show Stock # : R-1073 The collecting of mint errors is one of the fastest growing pursuits in United States numismatics. Values in errors have been soaring ever since The Director of Pubic Affairs at the United States Mint, Tom Jurkowsky, gave a statement to Coin World that said:“Error coins that are lawfully issued — coins that were not detected by humans or machines — belong to whomever has lawful possession of them. The United States Mint strives to achieve only the highest quality of coins that it produces. However, we as humans — despite our high professional standards and use of exceptional machinery and equipment — occasionally make mistakes. While rare, coins containing errors have legally left our facilities. As long as such coins have been legally issued (e.g., numismatic coins sold to collectors who purchase numismatic products, or circulating coins sold to the Federal Reserve Banks), they may be privately owned. We do what we can to minimize those occurrences and pride ourselves on the very low number of error coins that do, in fact, find their way into circulation or into our numismatic products. Until recently, the legal ownership of US Mint Errors was in question read more