Possible mint error
Is this coin a mint error? Looks like a double die.
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It looks like post mint damage.
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That is a scratch from the coin wrapping machine. Damage. That coin was on the end of the roll.
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Just damage.
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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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Thank you all for your responses. The inner circle is raised not indented, so not a scratch.
Can a coin wrapping machine create this ?
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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.
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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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Where do you see doubling?
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Damage as stated - you can see how it goes over the letters.
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