Struck Thru and Thru! $50 gold!
Zoins
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Too bad the thru doesn't have a cert number or TrueView, but at least PCGS slabbed it!
What is the thru here and how could it have gotten on to the planchet?
It's interesting that only one of the inserts has the RFID logo. It makes sense. Just haven't thought of it before.
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@Zoins ... Any back story on this piece? Found in mint purchase/set? Cheers, RickO
Not that I'm aware of, but J and M Gold and Silver may know.
Wow that is really neat. I assume that object was retained and then fell off?
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It’s a thin plastic cover for the dies in the Die room - like Saran-wrap
When the cart carrying the Dies (with the thin plastic cover over them is wheeled into the press room,
And the protective plastic cover is removed, sometimes small pieces stick to the die-those guys will then strike struck through Coins and eventually the piece of plastic will fall off which is what happened in this case – I’ve seen this myself when I was at the West Point MintAbout 15 years ago
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
Awful sloppy of them to strike a Gold Eagle like that.
Pete
Great to know! I've been wondering what caused these as I've seen a handful of AGEs like this.
If these are purposely made as it's easier for Mint staff have the cover fall off the die with some striking than to remove it beforehand, are these really "errors" or are they made as intended?
Zions- I had several AE $50’s with part of the plastic cover. In 1995 ANACS certified the struck thru $50 in one holder and the matching plastic cover part in another holder. Occasionally you see these in ANACS holders. A few years later when PCGS and NGC started slabbing errors, these started showing up in their holders too.
Great info Mike! Lots of great knowledge and history here!
It would be great to have a photo of the ANACS certificate.
I've seen seen these before and thought about buying one but know that I know they are regular production pieces, I wonder if they may not be as rare as I thought!
Zions- not rare. I’ve handled 5 or 6, seen at least that many that I haven’t owned, and obvious some out there that I have never seen.
That's pretty cool