Primera Hora reprises 15 U.S. coin varieties

Primera Hora (8 September 2026) recirculates a list of fifteen U.S. varieties — mint errors, proofs without an S mintmark, and wartime types — with cited prices from thousands of dollars to more than a million. The URL headline says “17 million”; the body places the ceiling at US$1.7 million for a 1943-D bronze cent. We use the figure in the text, not the slug.

Not a new list

The fifteen pieces and the figures match the El Diario NY roundup (19 August 2026), which we already summarised — with the same attributed sales — in 15 U.S. coins with auction records. We do not repeat the price inventory here: a second press serial does not create a second object or a second hammer.

The arc is the familiar one: the 2004-D Wisconsin Extra Leaf quarter; the Cheerios Sacagawea dollar; the 1937-D three-legged Buffalo; the 1955 doubled-die Lincoln; the 1975 No S proof dime; and, at the top, the only 1943-D bronze cent, with a private sale of US$1.7 million in 2010 and another of US$840,000 in 2021, according to that note.

The date is not enough

The useful part of the San Juan note is not the clickbait: it is the close. Owning a 1943 cent or a 1975 dime does not imply those prices. Authenticity, the exact variety, grade, and certification matter. There are tooled coins, fakes, and mint damage that are not recognised varieties. Primera Hora recommends a professional opinion before assuming rarity. More detail in Primera Hora (opens in a new tab).