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Error IKE - help please

jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
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Hello and good friday night to everyone.

I came across this IKE dollar. At first glance it looks struck through grease or something to that effect. But if you look at the pictures you might notice that on the obverse and reverse the coin are finned all around the coin; it is most obvious near the TY in Liberty and on the left side of the REV.

Also, the coin is light, it weighs in at 22.5 grams / normal weight is supposed to be 22.68.


Could this be a die trial? Or maybe a weak strike due to the light weight?
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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,078 ✭✭✭
    Looks struck through grease to me.

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    Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,875 ✭✭✭
    Tolerances are + or - .9 grams so it's within specs. It was struck thru grease or crud. If it were a weak strike the details would be uniformly weak.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
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    jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    So what about the finned edges? What might cause that?
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    Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,875 ✭✭✭
    The planchet metal that didn't fill the design recesses of the crud filled die squeezed out between the die & collar instead.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,483 ✭✭✭✭
    Your coin:

    image .. image

    If the reeding is sharp, it would be a grease filled die, if the reeding is weak, it could be a die trial strike. I am in no way an expert regarding this subject matter though.

    BTW, I do not see any finning as much as I see a nice even rim. There is a difference.

    I sent this coin in to PCGS on an error ticket as a "die adjustment" strike:

    image

    It came back thusly:

    image

    This is not a Type 2 coin and I don't know that I agree with the attribution (or lack thereof) as I did not specifically photograph the reeding. However, I would expect less rim over the the E and R on the obverse for this to be simply an AU55 coin. After all, the rim is there to "protect" the design elements and enable stacking.
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    sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks like it is struck through grease obverse and reverse.

    Nice coin.



    S
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    GandyjaiGandyjai Posts: 1,380 ✭✭
    Lee,
    <<This is not a Type 2 coin and I don't know that I agree with the attribution>>
    Did you mis-type here and mean "Not a Type 1 coin"?

    Since they flubbed the Type 1 designation, they are obligated to correct it...I would also
    have them correct it to be a grease-filled die in the process. (at no charge, of course).

    jmcu12's Is a Type 1 and (IMHO) struck thru grease as well.

    Brian
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    jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    I am not as up on IKE varieties as I am on other series. What is the difference between type 1 and 2. Which one is rarer?
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    GandyjaiGandyjai Posts: 1,380 ✭✭
    For the 76 Ikes, the Type 1 is more scarce.
    Brian

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