Fantastic Bow Tie Error
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Imagine if a piece of bow tie dime scrap got struck in a cent press and struck against a cent planchet.
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I had such an error coin about 20 or so years ago.
I have a feeling you're going to post one too !
That was/is a cool error.
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Get it right!
It's a bowtie fantastic.
Pete
Amazing - let's see your coin!
It's bowtastic!
Neat!
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Well, that's pretty cool - insanely cool, really. But, with the absolutely perfectly centered Lincoln, it's possible to imagine it wasn't 100% accidental.
Can you post a closeup of the Lincoln on the reverse?
We may be able to date the coin. It appears your error has a strong doubled column doubled die (right column). We can compare your error to doubled column listings on coppercoins, Wexler, etc and I bet we would be able to find a match.
I agree that's really cool and quite coincidental to end up being positioned like this.
How likely is this "Mint Sport"?
Either way, it's awesome.
@ErrorsOnCoins: Will you be writing about this in MintErrorNews Magazine?
Why is there no image on the obverse? Was there a planchet between the bow-tie and the obverse die?
Yes as I wrote in the OP.
Does anyone know where the matching cent is?
Wasn't there a troll around here a couple of years ago with a "Bowtie Fantastic" penny? When I saw the thread title I thought........ He's baaack!
a cool item.
even struck through a blank; how could the obv here not be flattened out? or is it just the angle that makes it still look like it has rounded edges?
love esoteric errors. really pushes the imagination. i know some dealers that would cover the label and hand coins to us and have us try to guess all that happened.
something like a dual date, dual denomination multi-struck comes to mind or something very close.
You're correct. There was.
That's why I said "Bowtie Fantastic" was correct.
It's all good.
Pete
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I think it was coinside7. Maybe.
Mint Error News Magazine Issue 28 in 2009 featured an article of prices realized from a Heritage Auction that included a similiar bow tie certified by PCGS.
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I’m guessing 93
That was so much fun!
Almost as good as the humor thread now running.
Nice. I imagine this one would sell for much more than the Heritage one given the positioning of Lincoln.
That's the one I was talking about - (uniface obv.)
I also love how the words say:
States of E. Pluribus Unum
One step further w/google.
The star E-Cen - In-The-Sky.org
https://in-the-sky.org › data › object
The star E-Cen. Color-magnitude diagram. Image of E-Cen. Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
Wow!
Those bow tie errors are amazing.... High volume manufacturing does produce some strange items.... Or, sometimes, someone does....
Cheers, RickO
I need to say that this doesn't remind me of a bowtie at all.. but an Hourglass Error
Even the one in the OP!
Now that's a better view, even in hand.
There use to be a guy I bought coins from who specialized in Lincolns,,,,, went by "BowTie Coins"
I don't know what happened to him?
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I can appreciate error coins but I am no fan of this piece....no pun intended.;)
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