$20 Saint Gaudens Errors....[UPDATED Jan 2021]
ReadyFireAim
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This is the 1st Saint error I've ever seen (if real)
$16,000 is a little steep for a conversation piece.
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It's actually the best known error on
a $20 St. Gaudens.
It's genuine, looks great in-hand, and is
the longest cracked planchet known on
any U.S. Gold coin.
Yeowza! First I've ever seen on a $20. Quite the piece for sure...
beyond my reach..
bob
Neat I like the way you can see copper in the crack.
$16K might not be out of line for someone who's been looking for a $20 Saint error for a couple decades.
I clicked on the link fast because I wanted to buy it. Then I looked at the price! Lol.
Pretty sure you are seeing gold in the crack.... lol.
They crack due to a planchet mixture impurity... So as long as I'm not seeing a milk chocolate core copper is fine
Beyond the strike through errors... There's just this, a rim cud, and a rim clip known on Saints?
Hanukkah gelt?
I did the same thing
EDIT:
It's $15,000 if you buy it here...
https://sullivannumismatics.com/mint-error/gold-commemoratives
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Something like that could get me hooked on crack.
The most common cause of cracks in gold planchets was from trace impurities in the ingots. The worst was caused by iron, then lead, antimony and bismuth. To prevent this, gold was "toughened" by careful refining, and the mint made an extra charge for this service when contaminated gold was deposited. By about 1895 almost all of this problem should have been eliminated through use of electrolytic refining of gold and silver.
The the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle book (available from Heritage Auctions) for additional varieties -- but this one, as Fred W notes, is certainly spectacular - and unique.
If you sold a lot of crack you could get hooked on gold. Addicting!
bob
What price Glory? LOL> @jwitten said:
Wow, interesting piece !!!
That is a Huge planchet crack!
The 1923-D issue appears to have three smaller die cracks on the upper obverse running from the I to the Y, on about 20% of MS67's. Check these out, all the cracks are the exact same.
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@Kenneth1830
The cracks you are seeing are in the die not the coin. The crack on the OP's coin is in the planchet so it is a one of a kind. The ones you posted are on the die so every coin that die struck will have the same cracks.
Thanks for posting @ReadyFireAim... I had not seen that planchet crack before.... I must have missed that in my Gold Eagle book... will check sometime. Cheers, RickO
Saw another error that I though I should post.
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Until now I never seen one .
It's an awesome coin.
errors
https://www.omnicoin.com/collection/colind?page=1&sort=sort&sale=1&country=0
Weird thing about it is that it looks well preserved.
Almost as if it had special handling like a proof.
(check out the rim)
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Awesome die adjustment strike error. Never seen one before. Thanks for showing!
Closest thing I have to an error is a slabbed ogh MS63 Saint with a totally flat head/face. Yet the rest of the coin is well struck. Only one I've ever seen like that. It's not like later date Saints come poorly struck. Thought it was cool so tossed deep into the SDB and forgot about it....until today. Could some foreign material been on the die? Or was it just localized die wear?
1925 Grease filled die.
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Very nice to see that no one is perfect. Peace Roy
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Massive strike through
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Now THAT is interesting to me! Very cool.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Must have been purposefully struck by a deviant Mint employee in the dead of night in order to be smuggled out and sold for a colossal profit
It was at NFC coins yesterday and gone today.
They had $4,100 on it and I was thinking...Thinking...Thinking
I've seen other strike-throughs but not like this
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Here's mine.
Cashback from Mr. Rebates
That one is pretty darn impressive also.
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