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Error coin guys quick question I think I know the answer but
Coin Finder
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You guys are the absolute best. Here’s a picture of a nickel. I’m not sure it just came apart or if it was sawed , what do you guys think?
The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…
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Looks genuine to me. Split after struck. Nice mated pair to have.
A soak in acetone may get rid of that green crud which may be PVC. Agree that it looks like a post-strike split planchet. It may be worth getting slabbed.
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Very cool error and I had never seen this before. Is it a 46D, perchance? Or just pareidolia on my partm
Jim
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Come on Jim. How long have you been here? It's a 1946, a D on the obverse??
Absolutely genuine split after strike.
TD
Confirmed, genuine split after strike, very cool to have both pieces.
Sean Reynolds
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Could that coin be put in a TPG'er dual slab multicoin holder?
Would it be worth getting slabbed?
Great example - split after strike!
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Absolutely! I bet an acetone bath with a saturated Q-tip would clean it up nice! 👍
@Coin Finder - Where/how did you find it and what were the circumstances of it coming apart?
@jesbroken Its a P mint, I found both halves separately in a bag of wheat cents...
The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…
@Coin Finder - If you give it an acetone bath, let's see the after affect.
If I were buying it for my hypothetical error coin collection, I would want it raw, the better to see the split surfaces. The grade is 100% irrelevant.
Less experienced error collectors may disagree.
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This area might actually be adhesive from tape?
Maybe someone was trying to hold it together with tape?!?! 😂 😉
That is an excellent suggestion.
I'd be more concerned that it's actually the exact opposite: that it's superglue residue, and that someone glued a perfectly normal coin onto two solid objects, let the glue set, then pried the objects apart, tearing the coin apart in the process.
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Well if it is tape residue then acetone should have no problem removing it with a nice long soak.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I do believe that a lot of split-after-strike coins have had a little “assistance”. Sometimes it is quite obvious. You may be absolutely right, but I think that other than the glue hinting at your theory, the coin(s) otherwise do not have other characteristics, such as an area of bent metal, that support it.
After all, for many people, having a clamshell lamination error is too tempting not to pry open, for better or worse!