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09 Silver Proof, in Mint OGH, post production damage or production error?

The 2009 Quam Silver proof, the reeded edge overlaps the obverse at about 9 O'clock.
Post production damage that slipped by or production error that slipped by?

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  • jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    Is the overlaped reeding raised or incuse?
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  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806


    << <i>Is the overlaped reeding raised or incuse? >>



    It is raised. Upon viewing it with a 75x magnification there does not appear to be a sharp impact point, but a flow pattern, with the reeding intact just below and then some soft edged layers as if this occurred while metal was pliable. Are not the edges struck at the same time as the obverse and reverse? Are not the planchets cold or do they use an annealing process to strike the proofs?
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    it doesnt look smushed in like a post-mint ding.
    it must have been struck on a `flawed` planchet
    the coin is not perfectly round i take it and the gap
    we`re seeing through the plastic holder at that part of the rim?

    btw the bottom pic doesnt show the edge anomily.
    just showing its a guam i guess
  • YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220
    Have you tried scraping it off with a sharp edge knife? That way you can blame the Grim Reaper for messing with your personal income.. If I were you, I would dress up on halloween and jump that SOB in the back alley once and for all.. THat weird idiot has cost me many dollars through out my life in this hobby.image


    P.S. I think you have a die crack or worn die..
  • modern crap
    know what you don't know.

    hi, i'm tom.

    i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.

  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    .......waiting for fred to weigh in.image
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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't tell from the scan what it is.

    It could be a very small 'slice' of the
    edge of the coin that was on the rim
    when it was packaged. It could be
    something else, of course -like a piece
    of the plastic case that received an
    impression of the reeded edge of the coin,
    and then found itself on top of the rim
    when packaged.

    It appears to be very small, and you'd
    have to have someone look at it in-hand
    to know exactly what it is, and what caused it.

    Sorry I can't be of more help.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
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  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806
    It is apparently a finning error, which is considered a minor error that can occur in the production process.

    At least this is what one examination deteremined.

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