Many Facebook and coin website viewers, schooled not by Red Book but by TikTok and YouTube, actually believe their “ring of death” coin is a valuable error that happened at the U.S. Mint. It didn’t. The circle was caused by a roll packing machine and is considered damage.
See the ring below.
Here’s the Grim Reaper at work:
Clickbait media has made new collectors believe that fortunes can be found in pocket change.
Here’s an example:
On eBay, people are selling “ring of death” coins as Mint errors. Here’s an example:
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