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It looks like it was struck on a beveled blank. No rim. Anybody ???

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  • LackoknoladgeLackoknoladge Posts: 3 ✭

    It's not ware, the image is present on high points. Plus the missing time is factory blank. Anyone have any knolage of this type error?

  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's not an error unfortunately, it was stuck in something that rotates or spins like a washing machine.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rotation against something slowly wore it down

    But that is not wear from normal use.

    It spun against something

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  • LackoknoladgeLackoknoladge Posts: 3 ✭

    But the "ware" is on the low area, and has a clean blanchet factory edge. It would have had the hi spot wore down to wear the low spots and the high spots are good

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting !
    Can you supply better photos so we can have a clear understanding with a precise answer.
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  • lcutlerlcutler Posts: 556 ✭✭✭✭

    Definitely some sort of unnatural wear, either intentional or accidental.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's "wear", not "ware". ;)

    In any case, that effect, including the edge, is not possible during the minting process.

  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry but your coin was damaged after it left the mint. It's not an error.

    If you think about it in terms of the minting process, I don't see how a beveled planchet could have been produced.

    Blanks are punched from a rolled, flat strip. The chances of a thickness variation in the strip matching the diameter of the blank AND the punch just happens to hit that anomaly exactly....well, lets just say it can't happen. Also the blanks go through an upset mill to form a proto rim. If the blank is bent or cupped, it won't go through the mill. Downstream in the process there is nothing that would taper or bend a planchet. And if it was bent or cupped, it couldn't be loaded into the striking chamber.

    There are many, many, many ways for a coin to be damaged after it leaves the mint. If you find something unusual, you can't say "I don't know how this damage occurred, so it must be an error". You always need to explain how it could occur during the minting process, and in this case it couldn't happen. Many of the members responding to your post are very knowledgeable of the minting process and have said it's damage.

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  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Spacer for an uneven table/chair leg? :)

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