Another interesting 1965 SMS Lincoln......Error?

Crazy4Coins

Is this considered an Error? Appears to be a strike through. looks like a clump of hairy fiber lay on the planchet when struck. There are some remnants of the fibers still on the surface. It appears that they reacted to the copper while sealed in the cellophane and the off gas caused the coin to tone. Of course, this is what I think happened.

How common are error coins in the SMS series? I wouldn't think there are too many out there.

MedalCollector

It's definantly a strike through. Small fibers, when struck on sms and proof coins are easily seen and its not too uncommon. Even though this is a small clump of fibers, I don't see much of any premium, especially with the unattractive (imo) toning. I've seen a couple minor errors on these older sms coins go for little money also. I remember an sms dime with a small clip sell for $15, maybe a year ago on ebay. Still, it's an interesting piece.

edit: There was also a hoard of sms and proof errors that escaped (smuggled out of) the mint. There were many unbelievable errors in the group, and I've only seen a few.

coinguy1989

I agree with calling it a strike through.

ctf_error_coins

Yeap, struck thru error