Wanna see a cool, VERY COOL, piece of exonumia??
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Holy c***!! The first few images did nothing for me (but they certainly set the context) ... but the last two!!!
Nice one Mike!
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Thats cool 😎
Accidental error or shenanigans?
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Having both dies and the encased cent are cool enough, but the error encasement puts it over the top.
When I see things like this I always suspect they were made on purpose.
Red has a follow-up to JM's inquiry:
And if shenanigans, skullduggery or tomfoolery?
Or perhaps hijinks?
With an inquiring mind,
Red R.
It's been 24 years since the dies were used (I know a bit about their provenance since I've also bought a few on the BST), so even if it was a case of hijinks or even shenanigans then it occurred back then. If there was a quantity of these errors they'd be known by now. So, however it happened, it seems to be a scarcity.
And I'll add that the "error" was purchased separately (24 years later) from the dies and the normal struck piece. Shennagins? Who knows?
I'll also add that there are private mints that today, and some from the past, that will strike errors to order. Then they sell on the market for big bucks.
That is very cool. Never seen a error encased cent before. Not sure why I previously thought they struck the aluminum part first before placing the cent in the center. But that shows that was not the case.
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