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Two-sided Strike-thru with Schmutz
messydesk
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Picked this up in change several years ago from a concessionaire at a coin show. 20xx-D Two-Sided Struck-Thru with Retained Schmutz. Probably my best circulation find, now that I think of it.
John
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Very nice! I assume it was struck through grease.
Based on the timing and all of the threads, I assumed it was a 2019 S enhanced proof silver eagle at first. Can you imagine the premium on it with a double sided strike through?
A "Striking" specimen. Great teaching example.
I prefer the term "schmutz" to grease, because grease is too specific, where "schmutz" is a more nebulous term that applies here. Some of said schmutz is still stuck to the reverse.
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Not schmutzum?
Now thats a neat doubled-sided struck-through something-or-another.
Looks like it was struck with uneven pressure.
Simular to my Shlitze Beer can in the freazer.
That is a neat circulation find.....I found another blank cent planchet...not nearly as interesting as your coin though...Cheers, RickO
Schmutz, great word! I can imagine Gomer Pyle saying "schmutz".
My Grandmother was first generation American of Germen descent. She would always use the word schmutz (rhymes with foots) to describe something dirty ("You have schmutz on your hands, go wash them before dinner)
WOW @messydesk
Will you be sending it in?
I used the term Schmutzum in another thread, but as mentioned above,
Schmutz is generally something dirty.
Schmutzum, (in my use) is the actual 'stuff' that makes your hands have Schmutz .
To keep this numismatic, using the Dime in the OP's photo,
you can say it's been struck thru schmutz, and there's still some schmutzum
on the outer surface areas just inside the rim.
This is not to be confused with smaltz, which is chicken fat.
Only if our hosts will put "Struck Thru Schmutz" on the label.
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Would you accept "Struck Thru Schmaltz" ?
Oy! Your cousin Moishe been counterfeiting in the kitchen again?
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Reminds me of that movie Dinner with Schmutz.
Schmutzik is already dirty. Schmaltz is also a type of herring. > @FredWeinberg said:
Nice!
Wheres Quido these days?