Strikethrough?

NeophyteNumismatist

This was posted ATS. I am no expert, but this strikethrough looks legitimate to me. I see no evidence of moved metal. Can an expert like @FredWeinberg assist in assessing this one?

NeophyteNumismatist

hummingbird_coins

Yes, looks like it was struck through a staple. A guy from my local coin club once showed me a Bicentennial half dollar struck thru staple he found in a roll.

Steven59

@hummingbird_coins said:
Yes, looks like it was struck through a staple.

I could see that happening......

jacrispies

Looks very genuine.

leothelyon

Must have been one very hard planchet to have pushed the image/impression of a staple into the working die. The damage to that die must have been caught very early or most of the coins bearing the damage/image of the staple were recycled because such an error is not out there in multiples that could/would have been collected over the years.

Leo

hummingbird_coins

@leothelyon said:
Must have been one very hard planchet to have pushed the image/impression of a staple into the working die. The damage to that die must have been caught very early or most of the coins bearing the damage/image of the staple were recycled because such an error is not out there in multiples that could/would have been collected over the years.

Leo

A strikethrough is when a foreign object gets between the die and a planchet. The die cannot come in contact with the planchet due to the foreign object and therefore pushes the foreign object into the planchet as it is struck. The staple would have since fallen out. I'm pretty sure that's how it works - by no means am I an expert in errors.

Greenstang

You’re pretty much bang on hummingbird.
The staple causing the Struck Through is not imbedded into the die,
it is sitting on the die so that when the coin is struck, it is imbedded
into the much softer planchet. Sometimes the foreign object stays on
the coin in which case you would have a Retained Struck Through.
Of course it is not always staples, it can be bits of fibre, slivers of wood,
grease etc. that can also cause a Struck Through.

NeophyteNumismatist

Thanks for the responses on this. The guy who found this ATS is a standup guy, and I appreciate any feedback to help him.

thanks x 1,000,000