American silver eagle error

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Just picked up a new error for inventory.

A 1995 American eagle with a struck through string error that's retained.

Just thought it was interesting enough to throw in inventory.

Never seen a struck through string that was retained before.

derryb

string or metal?

BenV

Very cool! I recently acquired a 2018 strikethrough ASE of my own. Not typically an error collector, but for the same price as a normal example I couldn't turn it down.

Meltdown

That there is a pube.

Smudge

That would drive me nuts until I dug it out.

ricko

Wow... retained... and looks like there is some 'flow' over the thread by the Y.... Very interesting. Cheers, RickO

seanq

@derryb said:
string or metal?

I had the same question. I've often heard that the "strings" are thin copper wires from brushes used to debrade / clean the dies in production, similar to but much finer than what you would use to clean your grill.

Sean Reynolds

LanceNewmanOCC

is that really "under" the metal? translucent metal is not something i encounter often so perhaps you can walk me through it.

jmlanzaf

@LanceNewmanOCC said:
is that really "under" the metal? translucent metal is not something i encounter often so perhaps you can walk me through it.

I believe under is meant as below the surface level not actually behind the metal.

LanceNewmanOCC

@jmlanzaf said:
I believe under is meant as below the surface level not actually behind the metal.

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what the heck. i'm literally more confused now! are below and behind not synonymous in this context? it looks like it is covered by metal in a couple spots.

i mean, what else is it behind, below, under, opposite of etc? i was originally thinking glue but i need better close-ups than the pretty good ones provided.

jmlanzaf

@LanceNewmanOCC said:

@jmlanzaf said:
I believe under is meant as below the surface level not actually behind the metal.

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what the heck. i'm literally more confused now! are below and behind not synonymous in this context? it looks like it is covered by metal in a couple spots.

i mean, what else is it behind, below, under, opposite of etc? i was originally thinking glue but i need better close-ups than the pretty good ones provided.

If you sink a putt on the 18th hole, the ball is below the green but not behind the grass.

coinbuf

@seanq said:

@derryb said:
string or metal?

I had the same question. I've often heard that the "strings" are thin copper wires from brushes used to debrade / clean the dies in production, similar to but much finer than what you would use to clean your grill.

Sean Reynolds

You clean your grill?

LanceNewmanOCC

@jmlanzaf said:
If you sink a putt on the 18th hole, the ball is below the green but not behind the grass.

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ahhh, now it all makes sense. i was thinking the 12th hole.

derryb

@coinbuf said:

@seanq said:

@derryb said:
string or metal?

I had the same question. I've often heard that the "strings" are thin copper wires from brushes used to debrade / clean the dies in production, similar to but much finer than what you would use to clean your grill.

Sean Reynolds

You clean your grill?

Was once served a steak with a strike through

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It looks to me like a string and not metal, but I will put it on the scope this afternoon and get a better look

silverpop

error coin

seanq

Here's an American Silver Eagle error you don't see all the time. I saw a write up on the NGC site when they found a clip in an unopened box submitted for First Strike designation, saying there were less than 6 known at the time. This one was cracked out of an NGC slab and lives in my 7070 full of clips.

Here's the NGC article from 2015

Sean Reynolds