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  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @bramn8r said:
    @DCW - yours? I like error 1969 coins. Birth year.

    No, that belongs to @ctf_error_coins and its for sale

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  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I never understood the "dropped letter" thing. How does this happen?
    I'm assuming it is incused

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  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 29, 2023 9:48AM
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    @DCW said:
    I never understood the "dropped letter" thing. How does this happen?
    I'm assuming it is incused

    In this case, the "A" got filled probably with grease and debris becoming hard pack and then breaking lose and falling onto an unstruck planchet and then struck by the dies leaving an impression.

  • LukeMarshall
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    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @DCW said:
    I never understood the "dropped letter" thing. How does this happen?
    I'm assuming it is incused

    In this case, the "A" got filled probably with grease and debris becoming hard pack and then breaking lose and falling onto an unstruck planchet and then struck by the dies leaving an impression.

    Interesting and great explanation, that makes sense

    It's all about what the people want...

  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @DCW said:
    I never understood the "dropped letter" thing. How does this happen?
    I'm assuming it is incused

    In this case, the "A" got filled probably with grease and debris becoming hard pack and then breaking lose and falling onto an unstruck planchet and then struck by the dies leaving an impression.

    Thanks for the explanation. Pretty bizarre!

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  • emeraldATV
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    @LukeMarshall said:

    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @DCW said:
    I never understood the "dropped letter" thing. How does this happen?
    I'm assuming it is incused

    In this case, the "A" got filled probably with grease and debris becoming hard pack and then breaking lose and falling onto an unstruck planchet and then struck by the dies leaving an impression.

    Interesting and great explanation, that makes sense

    Came across this tonight. Something made the eye double. Now look at it's date. May not be a scratch as the filtering
    needs more time to be sure. Hey, I just found it.


  • LeeBone
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    @messydesk said:

    Send that one over to me so it will be properly taken care of ;)

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Godless Jefferson ...

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not an error coin, but cool nonetheless ...

  • jmlanzaf
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    @emeraldATV said:

    @LukeMarshall said:

    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @DCW said:
    I never understood the "dropped letter" thing. How does this happen?
    I'm assuming it is incused

    In this case, the "A" got filled probably with grease and debris becoming hard pack and then breaking lose and falling onto an unstruck planchet and then struck by the dies leaving an impression.

    Interesting and great explanation, that makes sense

    Came across this tonight. Something made the eye double. Now look at it's date. May not be a scratch as the filtering
    needs more time to be sure. Hey, I just found it.


    If you filter it enough, you'll discover it's a 55 DDO

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  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ctf_error_coins said:
    Godless Jefferson ...

    Would go well pairing up with the Lincoln Atheist Cent from the 1970's.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 31, 2023 6:01PM
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    I just backed up all my new coin photos.

    All of my high resolution coin photos and nature photos are on 3 separate External Hard Drives and in a fire proof safe.

    The same images are also on the hard drive of my desktop computer.

    Every important photo to me is secure.

  • Kurisu
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    Coins are Neato!

    "If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright

  • emeraldATV
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    @ctf_error_coins said:

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @emeraldATV said:

    @ctf_error_coins said:

    That is NOT struck through cloth. It is "formerly glued to cloth".

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  • Saam
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    Wide AM - Struck 65% Off-Center

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Another stunning thread @ctf_error_coins!!

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • OAKSTAR
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    Any thoughts on what this could be? It would be great if it could be identified as part/a peice of the Minting process equipment!

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    Any thoughts on what this could be? It would be great if it could be identified as part/a peice of the Minting process equipment!

    Struck in retained staple. Rare and sought after and sold.

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Is a retained staple any part of the minting process equipment?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    Is a retained staple any part of the minting process equipment?

    Not that I'm aware of. Obviously staples are around the mint as I have handled a few of these over the years.

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    Is a retained staple any part of the minting process equipment?

    Not that I'm aware of. Obviously staples are around the mint as I have handled a few of these over the years.

    Roger that. Thanks!

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ctf_error_coins
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  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Crazy stuff! Stunning!! 👍🏻 👍🏻

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  • jonathanb
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    @OAKSTAR said:

    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    Is a retained staple any part of the minting process equipment?

    Not that I'm aware of. Obviously staples are around the mint as I have handled a few of these over the years.

    Roger that. Thanks!

    I've heard these are not staples, but bristles from a wire brush. I don't know if that's true (or provable either way) but a wire brush makes more sense to me than staples.

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jonathanb said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    Is a retained staple any part of the minting process equipment?

    Not that I'm aware of. Obviously staples are around the mint as I have handled a few of these over the years.

    Roger that. Thanks!

    I've heard these are not staples, but bristles from a wire brush. I don't know if that's true (or provable either way) but a wire brush makes more sense to me than staples.

    Yes, this whole major mint error thing also seems to be a "not provable either way" thing. Are they legitimate mint errors that legitimately escape the mint in mint bags into circulation or midnight requisitions by clever mint employees? Either way, it's intriguing.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jonathanb said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    Is a retained staple any part of the minting process equipment?

    Not that I'm aware of. Obviously staples are around the mint as I have handled a few of these over the years.

    Roger that. Thanks!

    I've heard these are not staples, but bristles from a wire brush. I don't know if that's true (or provable either way) but a wire brush makes more sense to me than staples.

    My examples above are staples for sure. I also have wire bristles which are quite different. Let me find some photos.

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here is an example of a Rolled In Steel Wire Bristle ...

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    And another rolled in steel wire bristle ....

  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Those at the mint sure do get creative.

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  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2023 10:13AM
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    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Those at the mint sure do get creative.

    OR common sense tells us ...

    Machines break, people make mistakes, and random things happed when producing billions of coins.

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    But some EXPERTS here never make mistakes.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2023 9:59AM
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    But some EXPERTS here never make mistakes.

    Everyone makes mistakes.

    Some people Learn from their mistakes and some chose not to.

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here is a grading mistake as the coin is for sure a higher grade. I am cracking it out to Submit to a different TPG for the grade the coin deserves.

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2023 12:10PM
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    @ctf_error_coins said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    But some EXPERTS here never make mistakes.

    Everyone makes mistakes.

    Some people Learn from their mistakes and some chose not to.

    So you must have thought I was talking about you. Thanks for the reality check and feedback. ;)

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • jt88
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    @ctf_error_coins said:
    Here is a grading mistake as the coin is for sure a higher grade. I am cracking it out to Submit to a different TPG for the grade the coin deserves.

    Is photo one and photo 3 the same coin? If it is then the photo one looks a lot interesting.

  • Steven59
    Steven59 Posts: 11,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2, 2023 4:00PM
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    One of my few error coins........

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Lady67rider
    Lady67rider Posts: 5 ✭
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    I am unsure if this is a mint or man error.

  • ctf_error_coins
    ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Lady67rider said:

    I am unsure if this is a mint or man error.

    Sorry that one got stuck in a washing machine and is damaged.

  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    .

    @jt88 said:

    Is photo one and photo 3 the same coin? If it is then the photo one looks a lot interesting.

    With respect to Roosevelt's beard? Yes, I like that orientation better, too.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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