Strike Thru 5$ Indians... question
Relaxn
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I was scanning the 5$ Indians in the upcoming Fairmont auction and there are a lot of strike thru coins. Is this common to the series? Cursory research says not really but Lordmarcovan posted his and it made me wonder.
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Common? no. Will you find an example with time and patience? likely yes.
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https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-118UL1/1909-d-indian-half-eagle-struck-through-reverse-au-58-pcgs
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-118UVY/1910-indian-half-eagle-struck-through-reverse-ef-45-pcgs
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-118VOS/1912-indian-half-eagle-struck-through-reverse-au-55-pcgs
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-118VSK/1912-indian-half-eagle-struck-through-reverse-au-details-cleaned-pcgs
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-118W1G/1915-indian-half-eagle-struck-through-reverse-ms-62-pcgs
Above are just 5 of the ?? listed Indian Strike Thru coins... Seems "Common"
I had not thought they were common, but never researched it. @Relaxn... Your list surprises me... Cheers, RickO
Small grease blob strike throughs are “relatively common,” especially on the $5’s. I would guess that the design bumps that created the incused lettering made it hard to wipe the dies.
From my years of collecting $2 1/2 Indians, I found and graded several strike throughs. I would not call them common on the $2 1/2 Indians. But if I had decided to sell all mine in the same auction they may appear that way. Possibly could be something similar? Any way to tell if a collector is selling all they have at once?