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A QUESTION FOR THE MINT ERROR SPECIALIST

seatedcollectorseatedcollector Posts: 976 ✭
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im still learning mint errors, notice the extra rim from above the word STATES to the abbreviation DOL obviously someone tried to straighten it out with plier like tools, is this a brockage or a partial broadstrike or ???? the coin also looks like it is buckled slightly above the eagle where the motto would be
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    .........no specialist but i was trying to find something similar.


    .......here
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I never quite made the "special list", but I'm happy to boost your thread for him.
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,475 ✭✭✭✭
    Well I'm no error specialist but what I think you have there is just an ordinary PMD coin.

    Its not brokage nor is it a broadstrike, its just sorta looks mutilated.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What he said.......
    TD
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    seatedcollectorseatedcollector Posts: 976 ✭
    the "extra rim" looks like a raised area in the pic but its actually lower than the surface, again, i know very little about errors, but it looks like the "damage" was mint caused, then later someone tried to "fix" it.
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    .......fred will get to the bottom of this!image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    Hey guys, what about the "third side?" So much can be learned from looking at the edge. This coin should have a reeded edge. If there is no reeding, it could well be broad struck.

    Garrow
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    seatedcollectorseatedcollector Posts: 976 ✭
    the edge is reeded and appears to be fine
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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,579 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That coin looks like it was once pressed into a belt buckle or money clip or some other form of jewelry, and then pried out. The rim would have been deformed by the encasement, and the bend and rim damaged caused when it was removed. The one thing I'm certain of is that the rim was not like that when the coin left the Mint.


    Sean Reynolds
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    seatedcollectorseatedcollector Posts: 976 ✭
    so there is no way this coin left the mint with a screwed up rim correct ? (aside from the tiny cut marks which were OBVIOUSLY not done at the mint)
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    fugnchillfugnchill Posts: 130
    Thought I would chime in on this one. This is an ex-encased coin that was pried out of the casing with what looks like pliers. Nice novelty item.

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