A couple of hard to find errors that I just got back from PCGS.
MWallace
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Dropped letter "C" by CENT.
This one is a little tougher to see but there is a dropped "S" in the "E" of UNITED.
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Nice ones!
Thanks. I had the pictures and descriptions mixed up. Edited to fix.
Neat!
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So how does a letter drop like that?
I can not say that I have seen those errors before. I can not imagine how many have passed through unsuspecting hands.
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Grease from the press fills in a letter in the die and takes on the shape of the letter and hardens. Eventually it pops out of the die, probably stuck to a just-struck coin, only to fall off that coin and back onto the lower die. A new planchet feeds in atop it and when it is struck the shape of the grease gets embossed into the coin it becomes.
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Really nice!! I’ve never seen anything like that!
@CaptHenway Thanks for the explanation! I have something new to look for even if it is very rare...
Those are interesting finds.... and thanks @CaptHenway for the explanation. Cheers, RickO
Great finds.
Will be paying a little more attention on my next cent roll search.
Wayne
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Cool errors!
Looks like there might be a bit of retained fill on the C.
Very nice!
Learned something today... cool beans
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You are welcome.
One other question....
On these errors, can the dropped material also be metal? In which case it would be a retained struck thru?
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Great finds, I think!
bob
If I understand the question correctly, that would be struck through a struck fragment.