Options
2020 "Covid" Bat
ctf_error_coins
Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
I first saw this very cool error coin or another one struck at the same time over a year ago and have been chasing it ever since.
I finally found one and it's certified by PCGS.
Many think the year 2020 itself is an "error" year. Some think that a bat had something to do with it. Please no politics, it is just a coin.
17
Comments
Just another damaged coin like all errors are.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
FYI, the coin is not damaged.
Call it what you want that is damage as all errors are.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Wow, get a life and stop hating.
And thanks for wrecking this thread.
Your welcome
Not hating just calling a spade a spade, there are people that want to collect these and that is fine, I do not.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
That is just uncalled for.
Why, does the truth hurt you that much?
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
I wonder what caused that? I glad you found one
Having a troll destroy a cool thread kinda makes me want to not spend my time posting here.
damage to a coin that is caused by the mint during its manufacture is in fact a mint error. It is simply an error in quality control.
Most errors have nothing to do with damage, and more to do with not staying within the boundaries/tolerances of acceptable striking procedures.
There are those who add to a discussion and there are those who do not like the topic and do what they can to take away from the discussion. Those who do not like a topic should probably avoid it.
"A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you."
Stick around and pay no attention to it, fwiw
There is a percentage of coin dealers that do indeed think error coins are damaged junk.
Thank you for your ignorance
Stick around. Viewing and discussing errors coins is cool, just like viewing and discussing, for example, various plastic TPG slabs.
I prefer errors to plastic slabs, but appreciate both.
Someone saying that a coin is damaged, when most would call it an error, shouldn’t “destroy” a thread. If those who are interested in the coin focus in it, the thread will survive.
I think it’s cool looking, whatever the heck anyone wants to label it.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
EOC is that a strike through? Kind of amazing how it's centered right on the bat's face.
It looks to me as if someone took some bat fur and attached it to the coin.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I thought that he was just kidding. Apparently not.
He didn't destroy the thread unless you let him.
It is a neat error and I'm sure that many more here appreciate seeing it than not. And if not, they should just click on by to another thread without comment. That's how most of us behave.
Now, back to your coin. I suspect that it's a struck through error of some sort but what or why am I seeing parallel lines in the field just to the right of the struck through area. They look almost like die scratches.
Yes this is a struck thru error with eye appealing placement of said error.
I am not going anywhere and will continue posting for sure. It was a joke on the troll
I personally do not consider a strike through an error. It is a loss of cleanliness (quality control) during the strike.
"A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you."
PCGS our host considers it a mint error.
book cover judge? lol
"A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you."
maybe because it sells labels? lol
at one time they considered the 1999 W $5 and $10 uncirc. AGEs an error.
"A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you."
How about it’s an “error” which occurs during the minting process, which results in “damage” to the coin and such coins are labeled “errors”? Not to mention, even when Mint employees intentionally create such coins, they’re still labeled “errors”.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Are not all coins that leave the mint that do not conform to the coin's normal appearance a mint error? The TPGs do not always assign a blanket "error" to the coin label. Some are specifically called out on the label without the use of "error."
"A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you."
Honestly, you should have just ignored his post.
Or noted that the post was an error.😉
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Mint Error coins are struck in error- they are not damaged in anyway shape or form – you’re welcome to your opinion but you are totally incorrect- coins that are struck as mint errors not damaged,And the mint never calls them damaged and does not consider them damaged – they would know the difference, a heck of a lot more than you would
……And believe me after 50 years I know what a damaged coin looks like and what a damaged coin is-
Does this coin a have W mint mark?
I like that coin!
I kinda like it, too.
Can we see this coin "in" the slab please. Yes, I'd love to see a W on the other side as well!
Hey Fred- Can I get an honest answer or explanation for something please. I'm sure you have already addressed this here somewhere. I just haven't been able to find it. Can you please give us your "explanation", personal and professional opinion of the Nail/Dime?
Congrats on your retirement BTW!
BTW EOC, You should have left "COVID" out of it.. Just sayin'
It’s clearly time to flush that sand out of your nether regions again, Pearl.
The cents, dimes, and state quarters struck on nails at the Mint were all done on purpose obviously – they were not made in the normal course of the minting process -someoneStuck a nail in the press and struck them.The very first ones ever made were struck at the West Point Mint in 1977, and I bought six of them at a New York coin show - then none were made until about 20 years ago and all the new ones are from Philadelphia
Fred, as always thank you for the information.
Nice struck through error, @ErrorsOnCoins
I have been wondering if it is worth slabbing my raw 2020-P example. Looks like I should...
Over on reddit there are posts about the "blind bat" error. One person found a roll with the full progression of the strike through, about 18 coins total. Enjoy the hunt!
Here is the link to the reddit info:
https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/hbkkwo/progression_of_the_blind_bat_mint_error_atb/
https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/hbkkwo/progression_of_the_blind_bat_mint_error_atb/
Map of examples discovered
Thank you Copperwire.
Extremely cool.
Interesting. So it seems the foreign object was stuck to the die.
And it spread out wider with each consecutive strike while continuing to stick to the die. And it must have been pretty hard-steel scrap/debris of some kind?
Thanks for the feedback.
Sorry, one more question. So if that's the case and it was intentional (which I also believe is true), then why would PCGS label it an error?
Still waiting for answer to my question. Is this a W quarter?
No "P"
That progression of the struck thur is really something! Wonder if PCGS makes a holder for 17 coins?
Gotcha. I have a W that appears to have the V75 "struck through". Ok if I PM you some pics tomorrow for your opinion?
And I'm still waiting for my question to see the entire slab.
Start a new thread, let's see it.
made in error
I will tomorrow. Unfortunately I can only take pics with my cellphone