Question on the correct reference?

joeykoins

Hi guy's, on the obverse of this Jefferson 2005p. Is the right description for this effect on the coin called, a Strike through? I have a few of these and I'm placing them in 2×2's. Just for educational purposes. Thanks guy's.

joeykoins

Here is probably the best one out of the 5 I have?

IkesT

Yep, struck through. Looks like there was a patch of grease on the die.

The "sneezing Jefferson" variety...

ricko

Gesundheit Mr. Jefferson.... Good example for your educational file. Cheers, RickO

ShaunBC5

This is why we wear masks!
Neat example.

joeykoins

Thank you guy's for your expertise opinions. Unusual for modern coins to have strike through's, Or no? Don't see this type of "strike-throughs" too often.

IkesT

Coins with relatively small struck through grease errors are not too hard to find, especially if you are searching through original UNC bags/rolls. Patches of grease can be fairly persistent on the dies, and many coins can be struck with +/- the same pattern from the same greasy dies (like your nickels). So technically, they are errors, but you can also look at them as quasi-varieties. Some are collected like varieties (the 2005-P Kansas "In God We Rust" quarters, for example).

It's relatively harder to find coins where the struck through grease covers most or all of the die surface, and much harder to find coins that were struck through other large objects (and retained objects).

An interesting feature to point out on your nickels - notice that the struck through grease areas have lots of little tics relative to the rest of the coin surfaces. These are not post-strike hits, they were on the planchet prior to strike and are called "planchet chatter". The planchets get banged around a lot as they are being prepared. Normally, the planchet chatter gets more or less erased when the coins are struck, but when a coin is struck through grease (or is weakly struck) planchet chatter may remain on the coin.

See:
https://www.ikegroup.info/?page_id=195

joeykoins

Awesome!

mannie gray

@IkesT said:
Yep, struck through. Looks like there was a patch of grease on the die.

The "sneezing Jefferson" variety...

You, sir, are a marketing genius.

johnny9434

Bummer he's spreading covid like that