Private U.S. Mints and in house metal refineries have numbered in the dozens over the years. Major minting errors from silver rounds to gambling tokens are very popular and eagerly sought by collectors. Erratic record keeping of mintage numbers and identifying which private mint produced major errors can be a challenge to research. It is in-fact on occasion impossible because many rounds and tokens were struck with no identification such as a specific mint's name, privy mark, or mintmark.

First is a vintage "Bad River Band" No Cash Value gaming token. Bad River Lodge and Casino is located in Odanah, Wisconsin in the Northwoods near the south shores of Great Lake Superior. Bad River Band Chippewa gaming tokens were struck in the 1990s following the signing of a tribal compact in 1991.

This spectacular error was multi-struck with a full reverse brockage on the obverse face. The obverse sustained a partial indent from an intruding planchet. The images say everything!

It was struck by Green Duck Corporation (GDC). GDC started in Chicago, IL. GDC began in the early 1900s and changed ownership numerous times for over nine decades. It was last located in Hernando, Mississippi closing in the 1990s. Refer to Part Ten in a previous issue of Mint Error News Magazines for more details on the fascinating history of GDC. To learn more about this historic private mint click here.

Next, a vintage 1993 $1 brass Luxor Casino gambling token. There were two versions of this Luxor Casino token. The first was struck with a ringed pattern of Egyptian hieroglyphics on both the obverse and reverse. The second version was struck without a ringed pattern of hieroglyphics on either obverse or reverse. This error is the first version.

This huge multi-struck die-cap error should have the portrait of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti on the reverse. Instead there is a huge expanded brockage of the obverse design on the reverse face.

A side by side comparison image of this massive error with a normal sized strike is shown.

It was struck by Nevada Coin Mart (NCM) which began operations in the late 1960s. NCM is still active today. NCM is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.