Weak coinstar find for tonight...

Weiss

Just back from the store. As we were walking in, this woman was almost finished having her big jar of coins counted. My eyes bugged out at the fistfull of coins in the coin return!! Tons of silver (colored, at least), and all of it just sitting there. I kept an eye on the machine as we made our way around the store. Coast stayed clear. But as we rounded the final turn and I made the dash for the finish line, I could tell there was nothing or almost nothing in the return bin

I did get one sticky zincoln, and this unique and rare mint error (shown next to a regular memorial cent for comparison)



Oh well. Guess it's better than a sharp stick in the eye, right?

lordmarcovan

Dude, that error is a pretty good find, I would think. I would've thought it was a train-track penny, but for the second strike.

(Of course I have no idea of what I am talking about when it comes to errors- for all I know it may just BE a train-track penny.)

But you could eBay it for big bux, error or no error.

(Yup. I'm an error idiot. It would've fooled me, until I looked at that "second strike" a little more closely. Duh.)

mrpaseo

The error you are looking at has a reversed incus, meaning it was made by placing another coin on this one and applying alot of pressure transfuring the image. I usually call this a bench vice error, it could have been made with a stack of coins on a train track.

CoinOnTheCob

That is a neat one, Weiss. I bought one the last time I was in Arizona.
Dennis, COTC

100proof1957

Lord,

That sig line looks like Hawkes bay NZ !

lordmarcovan

<< <i>The error you are looking at has a reversed incus, meaning it was made by placing another coin on this one and applying alot of pressure transfuring the image. I usually call this a bench vice error, it could have been made with a stack of coins on a train track. >>



Yup. This is what I figgered out for myself after a second look. (At first glance, it had me goin').

A multiple train-track penny. Still kinda neat.



<< <i>Lord,

That sig line looks like Hawkes bay NZ ! >>



Nope. The entry into the port of Brunswick, GA... Home Sweet Home. Shot from atop the Sidney Lanier Bridge, which I drive over every day on my way to work. (Original thread with pics)

LanLord

May have been man made, but the chances it was done on a train track is slim.
First a train track shakes too much as the train gets close to keep the coins in contact
Second the train would apply so much pressure that I doubt you would have any incuse (reverse) image there.

It may have been made in a vice, but I doubt with a train.



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<< <i>The error you are looking at has a reversed incus, meaning it was made by placing another coin on this one and applying alot of pressure transfuring the image. I usually call this a bench vice error, it could have been made with a stack of coins on a train track. >>



Yup. This is what I figgered out for myself after a second look. (At first glance, it had me goin').

A multiple train-track penny. Still kinda neat.



<< <i>Lord,

That sig line looks like Hawkes bay NZ ! >>



Nope. The entry into the port of Brunswick, GA... Home Sweet Home. Shot from atop the Sidney Lanier Bridge, which I drive over every day on my way to work. (Original thread with pics) >>