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Baseball Error - Great Error Type

ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 26, 2020 1:31AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Here's a very eye catching "baseball error" coin.

How common are these?

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  • MizzouMizzou Posts: 510 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm not sure how common they are but I've never seen one - pretty cool

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would be considered a Saddle Double Strike.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm surprised that no one has posted that this is not a coin. It's a token. ;)

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall ..... :o By Jove you are right!!!! :D;) Cheers, RickO

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    I'm surprised that no one has posted that this is not a coin. It's a token. ;)

    You just did... somewhat passive aggressively. :)

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @PerryHall said:
    I'm surprised that no one has posted that this is not a coin. It's a token. ;)

    You just did... somewhat passive aggressively. :)

    But correctly. B)

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 27, 2020 8:35AM

    @PerryHall said:
    I'm surprised that no one has posted that this is not a coin. It's a token. ;)

    Well, this did increase the response rate by 100% ;)

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭✭✭

    B) error

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  • tokenprotokenpro Posts: 877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How common? Fairly common. Just as a coin error carries more value with a date trade token errors are more valuable with the city/state on the piece. That said, recently I had a very similar aluminum error from Grand Island, Nebraska and another from Platte, South Dakota sit in my bourse case for 2+ years through FUN Shows, ANA, CSNS, NTCA, and smaller shows priced at $15 with no takers. They didn't even make that when listed on eBay.

    Die sinkers varied in quality but most of them sent out surprisingly clean trade token orders. Most of the error trade tokens stayed in-shop thrown into discard and melt buckets. Similar to most off-metal and many unc Civil War tokens I"m sure a number went out the back door though probably as pocket pieces rather than as struck to order tokens.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From the look of things................somebody threw that token a curve.

    Pete

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,123 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Should appeal to a baseball fan. I like it.

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  • happycollectinghappycollecting Posts: 264 ✭✭✭✭

    Common or not, it surely looks cool.

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m not sure that this is a true saddle strike. Can we tell that both strikes occurred simultaneously? Would that type of press even be used for striking these types of tokens?

  • tokenprotokenpro Posts: 877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GoldenEgg said:
    I’m not sure that this is a true saddle strike. Can we tell that both strikes occurred simultaneously? Would that type of press even be used for striking these types of tokens?

    Highly doubtful, especially for a trade token of that style and era.

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