Heres a cool half dime error!

mepot

Bought this on ebay while filling my 7070 type set.Forgot about it until today,going through some odd stuff.

Appears to be a mint-made error.The green stuff is not hardly noticable in hand.

What do you call this error,double struck,??.Anybody have any other error pics?

nwcs

That is pretty cool. I do recommend dealing with that green stuff, though.

mepot

This coin has a good color,will acetone take the green and leave the color,or will it turn it white?

PonyExpress8

Acetone gently applied with a q-tip should remove the green PVC gunk. Cool error.

JRocco

Neat coin. Acetone should clean that up and leave the color.
I think if you edit this thread and put "cool half dime error" in the title you may get someone like Fred or Mike to look at this and give their expert opinions.

Tonelover

Am I the only one who thinks that being a Mint Error is about the last thing this coin is? Severely damaged and mutilated, yes. Error? I don't think so.

CoinAddict

No offense but in my opinion that is post mint damage. The clip does not has the blakesly effect on the opposite side of the coin and the brockage would be from another coin being hammered into it. Of course that is just my take of the coin.

Barndog

Looks torn then hammered with another coin. I know nothing about errors, but that's what my eyes tell me.

majorbigtime

<< <i>Am I the only one who thinks that being a Mint Error is about the last thing this coin is? Severely damaged and mutilated, yes. Error? I don't think so. >>



You do not stand alone!

FredWeinberg

The half-dime is not a genuine error, but
damaged/altered in a few ways............

Fred

Thenewguy

<< <i>Am I the only one who thinks that being a Mint Error is about the last thing this coin is? >>


Nope you are not alone..I too think it is post mint damage.

mepot

Thats why I like this place.I can get the right answer whether I like it or not.I didn't pay much for it,

now I know why.Still makes a cool conversation piece.

Petarded

I know nothing about the series, but did get 'taken' on the bay for a Washington quarter just like this, without the 'bite' taken out of it. Was hard to tell with the image, but upon getting it, same as that one...flattened the non 'double struck' side where the coins met, smooth. Again, not an expert at all, especially with the series, but the 'diagnostics' (from the flattening on one side) on yours and the Washington I had are very similar.

yellowjacket

As Elaine would say, "Fake, fake fake, fake."

Just as has been described by each of our members...

Just add it to your Rogue's Gallery.

YJ

NumisOxide

<< <i>Looks torn then hammered with another coin. I know nothing about errors, but that's what my eyes tell me. >>



I agree. Not an error.

seanq

Not fake, just mutilated. If coins could talk, that half dime could tell its story around a campfire to scare the kids.


Sean Reynolds