Possible mint error

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Is this coin a mint error? Looks like a double die.

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  • cheezhed
    cheezhed Posts: 6,406 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It looks like post mint damage.

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  • Creg
    Creg Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a scratch from the coin wrapping machine. Damage. That coin was on the end of the roll.
    That is very symmetrical.

  • golden
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    Just damage.

  • Sapyx
    Sapyx Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No, not an error.

    I believe this is known in coin collecting circles as "the ring of death". It is damage, imparted onto a coin either by a coin wrapping machine or by a vending machine.

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  • Tominca
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    Thank you all for your responses. The inner circle is raised not indented, so not a scratch.
    Can a coin wrapping machine create this ?
    Thanks again.

  • jonathanb
    jonathanb Posts: 4,154 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Tominca said:
    Thank you all for your responses. The inner circle is raised not indented, so not a scratch.
    Can a coin wrapping machine create this ?
    Thanks again.

    What you show in your picture is PRECISELY what a coin wrapping machine would do.

    The inner circle on your coin is not raised. It may have a raised edge. Consider what happens when you drag a plow through a field (or a fork through mashed potatoes if you prefer): anything that you scratch up has to go somewhere.

  • OAKSTAR
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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Tominca said:
    Thank you all for your responses. The inner circle is raised not indented, so not a scratch.
    Can a coin wrapping machine create this ?
    Thanks again.

    Yes. It raises metal when it digs into the die.

    It is not a doubled die. You might want to Google the term.

    Damage from a wrapping machine. Often called "the ring of death"

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  • MarkKelley
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    Where do you see doubling?

  • Steven59
    Steven59 Posts: 11,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Damage as stated - you can see how it goes over the letters.

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