Mint Error Coin Chronicles: Triple Struck, Quadruple Struck and Multistruck Coins

Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) is the world’s leading authority on mint errors, a popular segment of numismatics. In Mint Error Coin Chronicles, we take an in-depth look at a specific kind of mint error. This month’s topic is Triple Struck, Quadruple Struck and Multistruck Coins.

We previously looked at Double Struck Coins, and Triple Struck is the step above that, where a coin receives three distinct strikes from the die. This Triple Stuck Lincoln Cent was initially struck with the impression associated with what looks like the upside-down date in these images. It was then subsequently struck twice, including the nearly completely Off-Center Strike at 1 o'clock on the obverse, where only part of the word TRUST is visible. (This particular coin is being offered in a Heritage Auctions sale this month, and online bidding quickly reached hundreds of dollars for it.)

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A Quadruple Struck coin has four distinct strikes. On this 1887 Indian Head Cent, you can look at the base of Liberty's neck and see the faint remains of two previous strikes below it. The fourth strike is the Off-Center Strike at the top of the obverse. This one occurred last, because it obliterated the design of the previous strike in this area. This particular coin realized $2,640 in a Heritage Auctions sale in January 2022. (The NGC Price Guide lists a price well below $100 for an example of this cent without any error.)

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A coin that NGC attributes as Multistruck is one that has been struck multiple times, such as this Great Britain 1964 Florin. This coin realized $360 at a Heritage Auctions sale in September 2024.

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Other NGC-certified coins with these errors sold through Heritage Auctions include:

• an 1895 Liberty Nickel graded NGC Mint Error NS 62 - Multistruck, which realized $78,000 in December 2022
• an 1889 Indian Head Cent graded NGC Mint Error MS 62 RB - Triple Struck, which realized $5,040 in December 2022
• a 1973-S Kennedy Half Dollar graded NGC Mint Error PF 64 Cameo - Triple Struck, which realized $4,680 in April 2020
• a 2000-P Sacagawea Dollar graded NGC Mint Error MS 67 - Triple Struck, which realized $3,000 in September 2019
• an 1863 Seated Liberty Dime graded NGC Mint Error PF 65 - Triple Struck with Obverse Rotation, which realized $2,875 in May 2007
• a 1964 Lincoln Cent graded NGC Mint Error MS 65 RB - Quadruple Struck with All Strikes Off Center, which realized $2,340 in October 2022
• a 1999-D Roosevelt Dime graded NGC Mint Error MS 66 - Quadruple Struck, which realized $2,040 in March 2023
• a Philippines 1967 10 Sen graded NGC Mint Error MS 65 - Quadruple Struck, which realized $1,320 in April 2020
• a Connecticut 1787 Draped Bust Left graded NGC Mint Error XF 40 BN - Triple-Struck, which realized $1,200 in November 2020
• a Canada 1978 Cent graded NGC Mint Error MS 64 BN - Triple Struck with All Strikes Off Center, which realized $990 in February 2023

Prices realized include buyer’s premium. The $ symbol indicates US Dollars.

Other Mint Error Coin Chronicles Articles:

• Broadstrikes
• Brockage
• Off-Center Strikes
• Partial Collars
• Rotated Dies Error
• Strike-through Error
• Transitional Errors
• Wrong Planchet Errors