Cent on Nail "mint error" certified

giantsfan20 · September 22, 2015 1:03PM

Ok heres one error coin that had some help in making a cent on nail and leaving the mint as well.

A person was convicted in 1981 for making this one at West Point Mint facility

Dont know why this one got an authentic label cent on nail

TigersFan2 · September 22, 2015 1:05PM

<< Ok heres one error coin that had some help in making a cent on nail and leaving the mint as well.

Cent on Nail

A person was convicted in 1981 for making this one at West Point Mint facility

Dont know why this one got an authentic label >>

I think this fixes the link for you.

giantsfan20 · September 22, 2015 1:07PM

Thank you for fixing link

keyman64 · September 22, 2015 1:09PM

Icollecteverything · September 22, 2015 1:19PM

Graded too.

TopographicOceans · September 22, 2015 1:31PM

That's pretty cool, but I think PCGS got it wrong.

It looks like a MS64 nail to me.

1Bustcollector · September 22, 2015 1:45PM

Curious, is that a common brad or casing nail?

CaptHenway · September 22, 2015 2:45PM

FWIW, my mentor in errors, Ed Fleischmann of Coin World's Collectors Clearinghouse, told me a story about how, not long after the first cents on nails appeared among great skepticism, he happened to be on the floor of one of the Mints (probably Denver during an ANA Summer Seminar tour but I can't swear to that) and saw a thin nail sitting on a coining press!

He asked the press operator what it was for, and the press operator said that when the feed tube clogged he used the nail to clear the feed tube, which had a slot down the side for this very purpose!

So, although a cent strike on a nail is very unlikely, there does exist the chance that at least one such strike was a legitimate random error.

TD

lordmarcovan · September 22, 2015 2:51PM

Wow, that '43 cent on a dime planchet that the seller also has is megacool.

LanceNewmanOCC · September 23, 2015 3:11AM

.
now looking through that inventory was fun!

some of it mangled, none of it trash, imo.
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LindeDad · September 23, 2015 3:47AM

Had that come up while searching eBay this morning. Cool but don't float my boat.

FredWeinberg · September 23, 2015 3:50AM

I sold another PCGS Nail at the ANA last month.

In 1977, a half-dozen (Cent) pieces appeared at a large
New York coin show - from the West Point Depository.

I bought them all - they're now slowly appearing on the
market.

Also, around 2000/2001, a few pieces on cents and dimes
came out of the Philadelphia Mint.

As far as I know, only one of any of these has a date -
a Nail with just the '1977' date showing on the nail.

NGC is certifying them too.

MrEureka · September 23, 2015 3:56AM

Let's just hope the Chinese counterfeiters don't catch this thread.

FredWeinberg · September 23, 2015 4:08AM

Andy, if the Chinese counterfeit 'em, they'll
strike them on screws, not nails....

This way, they'll finally be able to directly
give us the message they've been indirectly
giving us for over 10 years - SCREW YOU Americans!

TopographicOceans · September 23, 2015 4:13AM

<< Andy, if the Chinese counterfeit 'em, they'll
strike them on screws, not nails....

This way, they'll finally be able to directly
give us the message they've been indirectly
giving us for over 10 years - SCREW YOU Americans! >>

LindeDad · September 23, 2015 4:27AM

As we sit at home because their President is closing the freeways today running around town.

19Lyds · September 23, 2015 5:00AM

<< Ok heres one error coin that had some help in making a cent on nail and leaving the mint as well.

A person was convicted in 1981 for making this one at West Point Mint facility

Dont know why this one got an authentic label cent on nail >>

Good Question!

After all, the coin is counterfeit and an unauthorized issue. No motto, no date, no UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

19Lyds · September 23, 2015 5:00AM

<< Graded too. >>

Thank Goodness it's an MS63!!

19Lyds · September 23, 2015 5:02AM

<< Andy, if the Chinese counterfeit 'em, they'll
strike them on screws, not nails....

This way, they'll finally be able to directly
give us the message they've been indirectly
giving us for over 10 years - SCREW YOU Americans! >>

Where's the LIKE Button??

johnny9434 · September 23, 2015 5:29AM

<< Andy, if the Chinese counterfeit 'em, they'll
strike them on screws, not nails....

This way, they'll finally be able to directly
give us the message they've been indirectly
giving us for over 10 years - SCREW YOU Americans! >>

lmao, ayup

seanq · September 23, 2015 6:01AM

This thread reminds me of this one I posted some years ago with a 1982 cent struck through a 6mm bolt. (I will try to find the pictures and upload them again this evening.) The impression of the bolt including the threads was clear on the cent, which also means that somewhere there exists a flattened bolt with the obverse of a Lincoln cent struck into it.

I sold my coin a couple of years after that post to someone who submitted it to PCGS without any supporting documentation or pictures, and they sent it back in a body bag as post mint damage. I took a return from him and sold it raw to another collector on the boards. I wold love to know if he ever tried to get it into PCGS plastic again, between the photos and expert opinions on that thread I think there was enough evidence there to get it holdered.

Sean Reynolds

MrEureka · September 23, 2015 6:19AM

After all, the coin is counterfeit and an unauthorized issue. No motto, no date, no UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

If it was made from authentic dies at a US Mint, you can't possibly call it a counterfeit. Unauthorized, most probably, but not counterfeit.

jessewvu · September 23, 2015 6:33AM

Well, as for the grade, they nailed it!

jessewvu · September 23, 2015 6:33AM

That thing is HAMMERED!

1Bustcollector · September 23, 2015 7:14AM

The reason I asked earlier what type of nail was because I have worked years in Aerospace/machine shop/robotics atmosphere and have seen things like "CaptHenway" is talking about below: "I agree"

FWIW, my mentor in errors, Ed Fleischmann of Coin World's Collectors Clearinghouse, told me a story about how, not long after the first cents on nails appeared among great skepticism, he happened to be on the floor of one of the Mints (probably Denver during an ANA Summer Seminar tour but I can't swear to that) and saw a thin nail sitting on a coining press!

He asked the press operator what it was for, and the press operator said that when the feed tube clogged he used the nail to clear the feed tube, which had a slot down the side for this very purpose!

So, although a cent strike on a nail is very unlikely, there does exist the chance that at least one such strike was a legitimate random error.

TD

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CaptHenway · September 23, 2015 7:29AM

<< I sold another PCGS Nail at the ANA last month.

In 1977, a half-dozen (Cent) pieces appeared at a large
New York coin show - from the West Point Depository.

I bought them all - they're now slowly appearing on the
market.

Also, around 2000/2001, a few pieces on cents and dimes
came out of the Philadelphia Mint.

As far as I know, only one of any of these has a date -
a Nail with just the '1977' date showing on the nail.

NGC is certifying them too. >>

So the nails are "Point"ed???

luckybucks · September 23, 2015 9:20AM

Neat error. Sharp as a ta...... eh err nail.

coindeuce · September 23, 2015 1:34PM

If I ever get board with error coins, I'll come back and nail this thread.

mr1931S · September 23, 2015 1:40PM

I looked at the piece once and said,"oh how cool." Then I got bored looking at it a second time.Now if a mermaid charm or such were to be struck with a penny impression at the mint I would look at the piece all night.

Zoins · September 23, 2015 1:47PM

Too bad there's no TrueView / CoinFacts photo. I like how the word "LIBERTY" is entirely there.

gonzer · September 23, 2015 9:01PM

If that were a dime struck instead I guess that'd be a 10-penny nail error.

TigersFan2 · September 24, 2015 11:46AM

Nobody is commenting on what the Lincoln nail is worth. The seller is trying to get $9,000. So far nobody is biting. What is a reasonable price for the MS63 Lincoln Nail? I have no clue, but I can't imagine anyone paying more than $250 for it.

segoja · September 24, 2015 1:01PM

Cool piece

Jon knows his errors, so I can't imagine the price being too far off reality

ambro51 · September 24, 2015 9:45PM

I'd rather give nine grand to a homeless vet.

grip · September 24, 2015 10:10PM

<< That's pretty cool, but I think PCGS got it wrong.

It looks like a MS64 nail to me. >>

Good eye,

FredWeinberg · September 25, 2015 12:22AM

The nail that I sold (in a PCGS holder) at the ANA,
mentioned earlier in this thread, sold for $8,000,
so Jon's asking price of $9K is within the range of
'last trade'.

Broadstruck · September 25, 2015 12:30AM

Still like my Cent struck on a Hair far better....

Priceless after DNA results prove it belonged to a Press Operator

CaptHenway · December 21, 2015 11:15AM

ttt

Goldbully · December 21, 2015 11:26AM

Originally posted by: CaptHenway

ttt

Is this the thread you were searching for? If so, then we are talking about a cent on a nail.

This is way cool.

The thread I posted is about a dime on a nail......I feel it deserves its own space.

astrorat · December 21, 2015 11:42AM

Cool stuff, Jon.

leothelyon · December 21, 2015 12:30PM

Originally posted by: FredWeinberg
I sold another PCGS Nail at the ANA last month.

In 1977, a half-dozen (Cent) pieces appeared at a large
New York coin show - from the West Point Depository.

I bought them all - they're now slowly appearing on the
market.

Also, around 2000/2001, a few pieces on cents and dimes
came out of the Philadelphia Mint.

As far as I know, only one of any of these has a date -
a Nail with just the '1977' date showing on the nail.

NGC is certifying them too.

Darn tourists!

Leo

TwoSides2aCoin · December 21, 2015 12:50PM

Would rather see Susan B. struck on a screw.

ricko · December 22, 2015 12:06AM

Looks like the dime on a nail brought out more of the unusual... strike while the market

is hot...

Cheers, RickO

pmac · December 22, 2015 12:27AM

Originally posted by: TopographicOceans
That's pretty cool, but I think PCGS got it wrong.

It looks like a MS64 nail to me.

I think they nailed it.

Sorry, I didn't look further to find other punsters!

CaptHenway · December 22, 2015 12:37AM

I have no reason to doubt that the pieces mentioned here were struck in a U.S. Mint facility, but as I said ATS just now, with all the publicity these pieces are getting, I would not be surprised if the Chinese counterfeiters started getting cute.

How about a Trade Dollar struck on a pair of chopsticks?

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