Struck Thru Cloth Error Coins Article

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I thought you all would like my informative article with great photographs of struck thru cloth error coins.

This is a very rare error type that error collectors love to have in their collection.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, Chris

Link: https://minterrornews.com/features-4-29-21-struck-thru-cloth-error-coins.html

keyman64

Those are cool!

Jimnight

Thank you for sharing that!

1Bufffan

You gotta love those Blue wipe rags that they use to wipe up oil and debris from around the presses. guess they left them over the die when they started back up, we love when the Mint makes mistakes.

Zoins

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
I thought you all would like my informative article with great photographs of struck thru cloth error coins.

This is a very rare error type that error collectors love to have in their collection.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, Chris

Link: https://minterrornews.com/features-4-29-21-struck-thru-cloth-error-coins.html

Nice article. Given that these were used by press operators to wipe excess grease off the press, I'm glad I haven't seen a struck-thru finger yet!

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
I will be focusing on coins with a definite cloth pattern struck into the coin. The vast majority of these error coins probably come from a cloth rag that the coin press operator keeps handy to wipe off excessive grease used to lubricate the press. The cloth rag would be close to the striking chamber and somehow comes in between the coin die and a blank planchet leaving the cloth impression. The cloth may cover the whole die or just partially leaving different percentages of the struck thru area. Different types of fabric have been struck into coins leaving various weave patterns.

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@Zoins said:

Nice article. Given that these were used by press operators to wipe excess grease off the press, I'm glad I haven't seen a struck-thru finger yet!

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My guess is that has probably happened

Zoins

@ErrorsOnCoins said:

@Zoins said:

Nice article. Given that these were used by press operators to wipe excess grease off the press, I'm glad I haven't seen a struck-thru finger yet!

My guess is that has probably happened

Struck thru bone?

johnny9434

Way cool to see that

Byers

Thanks for the article, Chris!

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You are welcome, Mike.

Thank you for asking

Atcarroll

@ErrorsOnCoins said:

@Zoins said:

Nice article. Given that these were used by press operators to wipe excess grease off the press, I'm glad I haven't seen a struck-thru finger yet!

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My guess is that has probably happened

I used to work at a factory that made picture tube frames for TVs, i saw the aftermath of a diesetter losing his hand in a 500 ton press once. It was pretty bad.

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ricko

@ErrorsOnCoins .... Thanks for the link to the article and the excellent picture. Cheers, RickO

Aercus

Great pics to go with the article. Nice job! 👍

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Just got this beauty in that was not in the article .... such a nice coin

asheland

That's a very cool type of error!

Steven59

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
( Just got this beauty in that was not in the article .... such a nice coin )

That's one crazy looking error coin!

gonzer

@ErrorsOnCoins said:

@Zoins said:

I'm glad I haven't seen a struck-thru finger yet!

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My guess is that has probably happened

Yep, except the date was missing a digit.

MOS0231

@ErrorsOnCoins said:

@Zoins said:

Nice article. Given that these were used by press operators to wipe excess grease off the press, I'm glad I haven't seen a struck-thru finger yet!

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My guess is that has probably happened

With regards to the finger thing. You're insinuating the cloth struck thru's might be intentional by mint employees?

Zoins

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
Just got this beauty in that was not in the article .... such a nice coin

That’s really nice! What causes the strip down the middle?

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@Zoins said:

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
Just got this beauty in that was not in the article .... such a nice coin

That’s really nice! What causes the strip down the middle?

The cloth had a fold in it and was double thick in that area is my guess.