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It's really sad when the spot weld on a mint error breaks :(

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
I saw this on Ebay being offered as a Triple Struck Mint Error imageimage

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To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That thing is amazing...Where do I bid?!
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    not really a weld, but a silver solder.
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That thing is amazing...Where do I bid?! >>



    Here ya go...

    BAVARIA TRIPLE STRIKE ERROR 6 KREUZER 1848 SILVER COIN image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,286 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The elongated bubble that runs through the "18" is a clue that the coin was very hot at one point (when soldered, I presume).

    I suspect that this coin was once part of a "chain" of similar coins which made up a bracelet or something.
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm certain each piece was struck once.
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    NotSureNotSure Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The elongated bubble that runs through the "18" is a clue that the coin was very hot at one point (when soldered, I presume).

    I suspect that this coin was once part of a "chain" of similar coins which made up a bracelet or something. >>



    This could be why I see 1875 on the piece on the left ? (though, I know Jack about foreign material...it just looks like what D. Carr's description would be)
    I'll come up with something.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,810 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Broadstruck---Did you let the seller know that this coin in not an error?

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    fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bracelet. I love the way they sawed off the coin on the left!
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Broadstruck---Did you let the seller know that this coin in not an error? >>



    Yes right after I stopped laughing.

    I send out a minimum of at least a dozen messages a week while surfing all the items that interest me on the bay.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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