Does anyone else like blanks?
Russell12
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As part of my Type set, I am trying to include Blank Planchets. It's not easy finding them, but I am having fun.
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I have a few, three or four cents and one quarter I found in a roll. I didn't realize they could be graded as well. Nice! Now I'm considering grading!!!!
Some clad dimes.
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There neat to have
I'm surprised they were attributed properly.
Why do you say it's not easy to find them?
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I collect them and have a pretty large collection.
Pics, please?
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PCGS Grades Them: AU55...MS61...MS65 or whatever.
NGC doesn't assign a grade at all.
ANACS grades them ALL MS60.
ICG uses BU, Genuine, or MS60.
I only have one type II cent blank I got sometime back in change. No pic, sorry.
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Sorry, you're right. Except I collect them for my PCGS Type Set AU or better.
@jesbroken Here's a few that I have photos handy of.
I also have FE/Indian Cent Copper-Nickel; Large Cent; (1976) One year type 40% Silver 25c; US Commemorative Dollar; As well as 21 blanks/Planchets with errors (clip, split planchet, etc.).
I didn't know you could buy silver eagle blank planchets.
Why is a blank considered a mint error? I know it should not have left the mint but still....
Do you remember the mint sets that were sold with blank cent planchets? Or was it a kid discovery set? Those were sent deliberately, definitely not in error.
Here's one. Blanks and Planchets have never been considered an error. In earlier days they were collected mostly by error collectors and TPGs charge the error coin fee to authenticate them. That's why many people think they are errors.
CAC won’t even slab blank planchets (at least yet). They have been sticklers about certain errors/oddities and they say it’s gotta be mint struck and it’s gotta be on a planchet.
So this blank planchet was included in a lot I bought back in the mid eighties I believe. It weighs about 31.1 grams, so is this an early .999 one ounce silver eagle planchet? As you can see, it does have an upset rim.
I would assume it is a silver eagle planchet.
I think they're neat too, like @Russell12 I'm trying to find graded planchets and type 1 blanks. I managed to get some type 2s since they're so much easier to find.
Also I wonder why PCGS sometimes gives them a grade and sometimes just have it say Uncirculated or Error.
I think it’s more likely a planchet used for any number of the privately-made 1 troy ounce rounds. How would one distinguish from an ASE planchet?
Silver eagle planchets are... not exactly "common" but at least "well known". These were typically found in mint rolls or monster boxes. Heritage has about 25 of them in their archives. They have a somewhat distinctive type of upset rim that I'd describe as a shallow upset. I may have made up that term. I imagine that someone who was familiar with them could tell at a glance when looking at another specimen in hand.
These pictures don't show the upset rim very well. My guess is that it is a legitimate silver eagle planchet, simply because a bunch are known and a new find wouldn't be surprising.
I believe that the mint buys Silver Eagle planchets (or blanks?) from outside/private sources, so how can they be identified as SE planchets? If they were found in a sealed monster box that would be one way, but the TPG would have to be the one who opened the box.
That brings up another question. I have always been led to believe that it is illegal to produce blanks of the same dimensions and composition of circulating coinage. How would these restrictions apply to bullion, since composition and weight are one of the requirements for both government and private bullion products. 🤔