Struck Thru and Thru! $50 gold!

@ricko said:
@Zoins ... Any back story on this piece? Found in mint purchase/set? Cheers, RickO

Not that I'm aware of, but J and M Gold and Silver may know.

@FredWeinberg said:
It’s a thin plastic cover for the dies in the Die room - like Saran-wrap

When the cart carrying the Dies (with the thin plastic cover over them is wheeled into the press room,
And the protective plastic cover is removed, sometimes small pieces stick to the die-those guys will then strike struck through Coins and eventually the piece of plastic will fall off which is what happened in this case – I’ve seen this myself when I was at the West Point MintAbout 15 years ago

Great to know! I've been wondering what caused these as I've seen a handful of AGEs like this.

If these are purposely made as it's easier for Mint staff have the cover fall off the die with some striking than to remove it beforehand, are these really "errors" or are they made as intended?

@Byers said:
Zions- I had several AE $50’s with part of the plastic cover. In 1995 ANACS certified the struck thru $50 in one holder and the matching plastic cover part in another holder. Occasionally you see these in ANACS holders. A few years later when PCGS and NGC started slabbing errors, these started showing up in their holders too.

Great info Mike! Lots of great knowledge and history here!

It would be great to have a photo of the ANACS certificate.

I've seen seen these before and thought about buying one but know that I know they are regular production pieces, I wonder if they may not be as rare as I thought!