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Is this the worst strike you have ever seen?

tsacchtsacch Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭
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Flat Morgan

wow, totally flat
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  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    Numistrust. Nothing more to be said.
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  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Flat strike or XF45/ AU50 POS ?
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    That one's even flatter than my spirits after yet another October, extra inning %^&$#%^&%^&#$ Yankees comeback win.

    I'm not sure I've ever seen such a crappy strike. It almost looks like you can see adjustment marks on the flat area above (and ON) the ear. NTC. Gotta love it.

  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    Looks to me like it was hit in the center. Flat front and back.
  • ChuckCChuckC Posts: 1,600
    Man, a coin grading service with a TERRIBLE name....the creator and owners should be shot. MISTRUST is part of their name! dumb! I bet this has been talked about before...im gonna look for some posts on it now...but wow...idiots!
  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭
    I saw an 04-O that had a strike like that. Fugly!!! Most AUs look better than that. Quality Control was not the mantra of the New Orleans mint!!
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The WORST struck coin (other than the typically poor struck 1922 no D cent) I have ever seen was the 1940-S Liberty walking half dollar. No detail on the obverse, not much on the reverse yet the luster was awesome!!!!!!!!

    I remember it from the 1970's. I thought it was gorgeous. I should have bought it then. All of $8.00 then.

    I just saw another one in Pittsburgh ANA but it was not quite that bad. PCGS MS-62 but also awesome!

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  • skier07skier07 Posts: 3,965 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boy, that is one ugly coin. She's so ugly she reminds me of my ex-wife's chest (after she had implants).
    I of course looked at his other coins for sale. What do you think of this Seated Liberty Half? I know very
    little about this series, but the coins looks nice, it's slabbed, and the mintage is low. Of course the minimum
    is greysheet ask for the grade. Thanks.




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  • islemanguislemangu Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    wow! thats the weakest strike I've ever seen. I have a 88-p I thought was bad but that 84o beats itimage
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  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would say the flat strikes of the 1922 -26 Lincolns and the repeat performance of the 1964-68 Lincolns.

    WS
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Yes

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  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man...that is one poorly struck BU coin.

    I have a 1954-S nickel that is so poorly struck that it would blow your mind.image
  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    I have a 1954-S nickel that is so poorly struck that it would blow your mind.

    How about a photo, that I'd love to see too?


    I never thought about the flat strike before, very interesting. I always manage to learn something new, even when I am not trying.

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  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How about a photo, that I'd love to see too? >>


    I will see if I can locate that coin and photograph it.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Is this the worst strike you have ever seen? >>


    I can tell you don't collect Buffalo nickels. image


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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The odd part is 1884-O as an issue is one of the BETTER struck New Orleans mint Morgan Dollars.

    And yea, I've seen 1904-O Morgan Dollars that were worse.

    Leave it to NTC to find the worst struck 1884-O dollar on the planet. They are bottom feaders.
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Man...that is one poorly struck BU coin.

    I have a 1954-S nickel that is so poorly struck that it would blow your mind.image >>



    Yea I saw a '54-S nickel in a mint set once that was the worst struck Jefferson that I had ever seen. It had fully lustrous surfaces with attractive toning, and no more than outline detail on most of the reverse. Full Steps? This thing didn't even have a sliding board!
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    I've got a 92-O (NGC 63) that's almost as bad.
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I've got a 92-O (NGC 63) that's almost as bad. >>

    You'd expect that from a '92-O; it's arguably the worst-struck date in the Morgan series. But an '84-O? Yeesh!
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭


    << <i>Leave it to NTC to find the worst struck 1884-O dollar on the planet. They are bottom feaders. >>



    NTC found it or the coin found its way to NTC by the submittor?

    Cameron Kiefer
  • dimplesdimples Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭
    BUT it's a Dimple!!!image
  • ChuckCChuckC Posts: 1,600
    saw one just like it at whitlow graded ms61 by ngc
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>saw one just like it at whitlow graded ms61 by pcgs >>

    MS-61 I can believe. The coin has nice enough luster and surfaces that it deserves better than MS-60, but that strike would probably limit it to 61 in any case.
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, that's worse than the 1921 Morgans...
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

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