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Weird 40% Ike with a zipper.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    interesting
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Peeled lamination?

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  • Very cool coin and very nice images.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,896 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a giant "rolled fold" error. Imagine if during the planchet upsetting operation the machine scraped off some metal (leaving it attached at one end) and pushed that metal out over the surface of the planchet where it was later struck down into the coin and spread out quite a bit.

    Notice what looks like a bit of corresponding weakness near the reverse rim between 8 and 10 o'clock.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a really cool coin! image
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  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like a giant "rolled fold" error. Imagine if during the planchet upsetting operation the machine scraped off some metal (leaving it attached at one end) and pushed that metal out over the surface of the planchet where it was later struck down into the coin and spread out quite a bit.

    Notice what looks like a bit of corresponding weakness near the reverse rim between 8 and 10 o'clock. >>



    I agree with The Cap'n. Look at the lower left of the 'B'. The "zipper" is too smooth for a lamination. It actually may be a piece of a clad layer that was struck in.
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it would be worth it.....to a small group of Ike/Error collectors.
    It's not one that is seen very often.

    Extra fee, I do believe, to get the error bit noted on the holder though....so that needs to be considered. Also, likely to take even longer than normal to get slabbed/graded due to the error bit. Would this also be one going to Fred (through PCGS) for the error confirmation?

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the Capt. nailed it on his evaluation... If you are considering this for the error market, it may be worth slabbing.... Cheers, RickO

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm not sure the ROI is there on this one. It's probably worth as much or less then the fee of grading as an error at our host.

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting error coin <3

    those who are laughed at always have the last laugh

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Captain - I agree it certainly is shaped
    like most (not all) Rim Burrs - but it
    would be the largest one I've ever seen,
    by far.

    If it wasn't for the 'zipper' on one end,
    I'd be willing to say possible lamination;
    but I've not seen a lamination with quite
    that (relatively) uniform zipper along one side.

    Because of the size, I would probably call
    it, as Captain says, a large rolling fold, as it
    certainly is bigger than a rim burr.

    Would love to know where it (and the zipper side)
    originated.....

    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.
  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat error...who said Ike's can't be cool? Thanks for sharing!

    K

    ANA LM
  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting!

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thats neat looking. i like

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not an "error guy" so this post is just an observation.

    The only thing I see that would make me think it was not a large lamination (due to the crack in the edge) is the corrugated pattern toward the inside of the lamination. The notches may be made or match edge reeding that somehow came into contact with the piece.

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