Neat Error: 1973 Roosevelt Retained Struck Through Nail?

StrikeOutXXX · January 17, 2016 11:30AM

A collector friend of mine showed me this at our monthly coin show today - very neat.

1973 Roosevelt with a retained struck through - XRF Scanner shows the "blob" to be iron. My guess would be struck through a part of a nail - but who knows?

Weighs 2.55g 10 of 10, and 39.4/39.5 grains (5 of each out of 10)

White balance is way off, dime is laying on a pure white background.

dcarr · January 17, 2016 11:51AM

That is a neat error. Technically, wouldn't that be a "struck in" rather than a "struck through" ?

It doesn't look like a nail to me. Could be almost any sort of random piece of steel, even a meteorite

commoncents05 · January 17, 2016 12:20PM

What are feeder fingers made of? Could be one of those broke and it's a piece of that?

-Paul

dcarr · January 17, 2016 12:24PM

Originally posted by: commoncents05
What are feeder fingers made of? Could be one of those broke and it's a piece of that?

-Paul

Steel. Could be a piece of one although unlikely since the piece is significantly thinner than a feeding finger. Feeding fingers are about the same thickness as the coin.

StrikeOutXXX · January 17, 2016 12:46PM

Originally posted by: dcarr
That is a neat error. Technically, wouldn't that be a "struck in" rather than a "struck through" ?

It doesn't look like a nail to me. Could be almost any sort of random piece of steel, even a meteorite

I think either term is right - borrowed this from error-ref.com:

Definition: A retained struck-through error occurs when the foreign object is embedded and retained in the struck coin. Other terms are “struck-in error”, and “embedded struck-through error”.

Maybe I just have that recent sale of the Dime struck ON the nail in my head leading me to it think it could be a nail - lord knows all sorts of stuff floats around the mint with or without help. Whatever it was, it appears to have extended outside of the coining chamber, based on how I perceive the edge of the coin, with the remaining portion probably lopped off during the strike.

I tried to buy it, but the owner didn't want to part with it, but agreed to let me bring it home to photo/share with the forum. He's a member here too, I'm sure he will be by before long.

NumisOxide · January 17, 2016 2:23PM

Cool error! Roosevelt looks like the terminator.

CaptHenway · January 17, 2016 3:52PM

I can see it as possibly the bulbous end of a finishing nail intruding into the coining chamber and getting both struck into the coin and sheared off by the collar. Want to think about if for a while.

TD

Boosibri · January 17, 2016 3:58PM

These nail errors are literally coming out of the woodwork

mannie gray · January 17, 2016 4:45PM

Extremely punny!! Lol

gonzer · January 17, 2016 9:08PM

Phantom of the Opera. Nice piece.

SullivanNumismatics · January 17, 2016 10:51PM

It's a piece of "random" steel I would say. It's not a nail since nails always retain their basic shape when struck into coins.

I really like it, and coins with pieces of steel struck into them, especially that large, are few and far between.

ricko · January 18, 2016 2:24AM

I find these errors interesting... have never begun collecting errors, but enjoy seeing

the various different ones...Cheers, RickO

CaptHenway · January 18, 2016 5:27AM

But if this is the head of a finishing nail, then this would be a "two-headed" coin!!!!

mannie gray · January 18, 2016 5:05PM

Upon second evaluation, it just might be a very scarce picteal....

OldEastside · January 18, 2016 5:39PM

The Lone Ranger Roosie

Steve

JedPlanchet · January 18, 2016 7:23PM

Originally posted by: OldEastside
The Lone Ranger Roosie

Steve

Looks more like the Green Hornet to me!

ShadyDave · January 18, 2016 10:58PM

Originally posted by: OldEastside
The Lone Ranger Roosie

Steve

Exactly what I was thinking!

Neat Error: 1973 Roosevelt Retained Struck Through Nail?

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