Interesting Coin That Sold on eBay

MarkInDavis

Here is an interesting coin that sold recently on eBay. It is a 1934-D Walker with a planchet flaw on reverse through "HALF". It sold for $102.52 + 5.00 shipping. I was not a bidder or seller. Pictures could be a lot better. Hard to tell what this would have graded absent planchet flaw. Seller claimed that PCGS would have graded this coin (awarded a numerical grade as opposed to genuine) if sent in under error service and noted "the lamination". Is this correct?

Hypothetically, if a coin had multiple problems (say cleaned as well as planchet flaw), would PCGS note more than one on the holder? How would they indicate say 93 for planchet flaw and 92 for cleaning?

Finally, what do you think of the sale price? I think it was a pretty good deal considering the somewhat unobtrusive nature of the planchet flaw. I might have been a bidder if I had not made a recent large purchase.

mbogoman

For a coin with multiple problems, PCGS will specify on the label the number for what they deem as the worst problem.

291fifth

Planchet laminations are manufacturing defects and not errors. They should be in "genuine" holders.

PerryHall

<< <i>Planchet laminations are manufacturing defects and not errors. They should be in "genuine" holders. >>



Huh? Aren't all mint errors manufacturing defects?

FredWeinberg

Planchet flaws and Planchet laminations
are considered Errors.

Some qualify to be tagged as such, and
some are too minor to be tagged as an
error.

It's a judgment call -