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1tommy1tommy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭✭
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lost out on this one, and just wondered thoughts from other error collectors? to me it seemed to be a nickel stuck on a penny planchet would have loved to see it in hand. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230472350245&ssPageName=ADME:BimageNA:US:1123
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UayFm2yCHV8
I used to be famous now I just collect coins.


Link to My Registry Set.

https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469

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  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Link to auction

    Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
    Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,513 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acid treated.
    No premium over face.

    peacockcoins

  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,335 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Acid treated.
    No premium over face. >>

    Braddick responded sooner than I.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Acid treated.
    No premium over face. >>



    image

    100% Man Made Error... So count you lucky stars you did NOT bid!

    You would have been out $30.95 with shipping over face value.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    I saw that auction while it was still going. Definitely been through some acid.
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Acid treated.
    No premium over face. >>



    image

    100% Man Made Error... So count you lucky stars you did NOT bid!

    You would have been out $30.95 with shipping over face value. >>



    Ditto...ditto...ditto...

    Lane
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,494 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, be glad you did not waste your money on that junk. Do yourself a favor with that $30 and buy the Error Coin Encyclopedia. There are plenty of auctions on eBay for nickels struck on cent planchets. Don't be fooled. Genuine error examples of those will sell for well above the $30 amount you saw in the auction you posted.

    Again, do yourself the favor and buy said book.
  • Klif50Klif50 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of buying the error book. What ever happened to Lonesome John and all the stuff he wrote and did with errors "back in the day?"
  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    Tommy J dropped some acid man. Dah Dah Daaaaaah, dah dah dada
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  • 1tommy1tommy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thanks everyone for the info, i was going to ask before the auction ended but thought if someone else from here was bidding, but of course No-one from here was bidding except the newbies lol. will check out the error book and its maybe time to put the rubber band back on my ebay tapping wrist image
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=UayFm2yCHV8
    I used to be famous now I just collect coins.


    Link to My Registry Set.

    https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469

    Varieties Are The Spice Of LIFE and Thanks to Those who teach us what to search For.
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Speaking of buying the error book. What ever happened to Lonesome John and all the stuff he wrote and did with errors "back in the day?" >>



    John wrote about counterfeit coinage and Old West collectible glass bottles if memory serves me, nothing on error coins, even though he was "Da Man" at the time. Right around (early 70's) when a young whipper-snapper named Fred was making his first indelible mark in the hobby.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John Devine wrote two books on counterfiet coins,
    dealing mainly with gold coins.

    I'm still in touch with him via email, and see him
    every other year or so for lunch when his travels
    find him in LA.

    He travels around the country (mostly the Western
    US) in his motor him w/ his wife Peggy.

    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 for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.

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