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Mint Error - Merc Dime Indented by Object! Enjoy

jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
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This came from the central states show - I think I overpaid a little for it but when I saw it I had to have it.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,862 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! Quite an indent. Do you have larger pictures?
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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,642 ✭✭✭✭✭
    very cool dime. i like the toning too.
  • jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    I added a larger pic but this is the best I can do with my Iphone.
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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool errorimage

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/5XX2uszyw4vvwGM39
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/UEjd2t417kWh1aUN6

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice error coin. All Merc errors are expensive.

    IMO, I would call the error a struck thru.
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,180 ✭✭✭✭✭
    oops


    how deep does it look as a percentage of the thickness of the coin



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  • jmcu12jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
    It sorta hard to tell in the plastic - from what I can see of the reeding through the side of the slab I think it is almost full; so 25% seems about right.

    I opined that perhaps a cresent shaped scrap of planchet got inbetween the die and the planchet and left the indent. I have a similar scrap piece in the SDB (unstruck) that looks similar in shape.
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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    excellent pick up
    Frank

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty impressive... although I do not care for the tarnish... surprised there seems to be no indication of the indent on the reverse.....Cheers, RickO
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Pretty impressive... although I do not care for the tarnish... surprised there seems to be no indication of the indent on the reverse.....Cheers, RickO >>



    The fact that the reverse is perfectly normal is the best indicator that the obverse indent happened during the strike as opposed to post mint.


    Sean Reynolds
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