Liberty Nickel Planchet Error
Steven59
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Even though this is graded MS63 there is a flaw in the crown. Is this a planchet error like a (De) Lamination? Or something else?
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Appears to be a planchet flaw .... No surrounding damage, original pit in planchet. Cheers, RickO
I would classify this as a defective planchet rather than an error.
Does the defect show on the reverse?
If so, it might be a 'blow hole' error.
And as an aside, a defective planchet would
be considered an error, imo.
Is it not possible to have a "one-sided blow hole"? I mean, the mechanism would be different, but if you had a shallow defect, couldn't it collapse during minting instead of rolling?
I don't see anything on the reverse................
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
If there isn't a 'hole' on the reverse, it's not a 'blow hole'
This one is a defective planchet.
Do you think it has anything to do with "Pluribus" having what looks like some struck-through with grease?
The U is struck normal but the rest of the letters in PLURIBUS are indeed weakly struck - I thought it was just some grease on the die causing that.
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I think Fred's spot on. Also, I would imagine they may have missed the error because it is somewhat obscured by the tiara (if that's the correct description) and the letters.