Price for a die trial

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• MrEureka Posts: 24,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2005 11:22PM

  Do you mean a weakly struck die pressure "set up piece"? If not, please describe the coin.

  Andy Lustig
  
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• messydesk Posts: 20,339 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2005 11:30PM

  Picture? Many coins vaunted as "setup pieces" are really just grease-filled dies.

  John
  Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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• jonathanb Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2005 12:38AM

  Yes, a picture would be helpful. But to answer your question: about $50. Maybe $30-$70. Something like that, anyway. A wheat cent die trial would be a few hundred.
  
  jonathan

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• PTVETTER Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2005 3:18AM

  My scanner is broken
  weakly struck on both sides

  Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211
  
  
  

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• errormaven Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭

  October 31, 2005 4:15AM

  Value depends on how weak it is. Maybe $50 if it's very weak.
  
  By the way, the terms "die adjustment strike", "die trial", and "setup piece" are nothing more than wishful thinking. There is no way to determine the cause of weakness. A weak strike is a weak strike. While a few may be escapees from test runs, the vast majority are likely the result of spontaneous equipment malfunction. You can find multi-struck weak strikes and weak strikes in combination with all sorts of errors, such as indents and partial brockages. You can find multi-struck coins in which the first strike is weak and the second strong or the first strike strong and the second weak. I even have a triple-struck quarter with a strong-weak-strong sequence in which the second strike is exceedingly weak.
  
  Use of the term "die trial" is often a cynical attempt to pry more money out of a gullible collector.

  Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.

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