EBAY - ACG "Filled Planchet" ????

DMWJR

I think I'm going to get the coins out of my junk box and send them to ACG for slabbing. Don't worry, I'll give you guys first crack at them.

Anybody know what a "Filled Planchet" is????

ACG "Filled Planchet"

Here's the seller's explanation:

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I CALLED ACG AND ASKED IF THE COIN HAD SO MANY OBVIOUS ERRORS AND THESE ARE VERY OBVIOUS, HOW COME THEY JUST RECORDED A 'FILLED PLANCHET'. THE ANSWER WAS THAT THE COIN WAS TOO ERROR RIDDEN TO LIST SEPERATELY AND THAT WAS THEIR POLICY IN RE MULTIPLE ERROR COINS...GO FIGURE!!!

Who's duping who? Or rather, who's NOT duping who?

Uuuggghhhh . . .

Pushkin

The term isn't in any of my references on mint errors, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I saw the eBay listing also. My first reaction to the coin was "it had a hole in it and somebody filled it". However, in the spirit of fairness I assume a "filled planchet" is a planchet that was empty, but after a big meal, is now full.

Maybe it is a dentistry term? A coin that had a bad tooth bad teeth?

Thank you for your attention. Time to go pet the cat.

gmarguli

Maybe they are referring to the cud?

lathmach

Just looks damaged to me.

Ray

MastaHanky

Too error ridden? More like too problem ridden.

Conder101

I can think of a definition of a filled planchet. For a short time in 1795 the mint experimented with a method of bringing underweight dollar plachets up to legal weight by inserting a slightly oversized plug of silver of the proper alloy and then striking it. That would be a filled planchet because it now has more in it than it had originally.


My impression of the coin in question, cleaned, badly scratched on both sides, possibly slightly bent, with a lump of solder at 6:00 on the reverse.

FC57Coins

Conder:

True - I think that was only done on dollar coins where the plug was put in the planchet to bring it to standard - but I've never heard of "filled" planchet being referred to later date coins such as this one. I haven't got the foggiest idea of what they are referring to in this particular case. I know that ACG has been coming up with some goofy varieties - They've taken to classifying some Franklins as 75% bell line, and for the 1953P halves, I've seen some of them classified with a "dot 9" variety which is just a die chip taken out of the inside of the 9 on the date. In the case of the 75% FBL - that's a crock in my opinion to try to sell lower quality coins, in the latter case, no one has cared about a die chip inside the 9 for 40 years, why would they care about it now. ACG at it's best again!

Regards,
Frank

Conder101

I think one half dollar with a "filled planchet" has been found as well, but I was just trying to establish the definition not suggest that it was used on later coins. And it certainly isn't the case with this one. I wonder of they were trying to say "filed" planchet as in adjustment marks. . . which also isn't the case on this coin.