Error specialists have you ever seen...............
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.................. a clad Kennedy half with a crack [completely through the coin so that light shines through it] running from the rim into the bust of Kennedy (from the 9 in the date up to the lower left corner of the neck, up the neck line to the jaw line and through the jaw line up to judst below the eye, with the crack not being straight).
I found such a coin (1984) while searching through rolls. I can not figure out if it is a mint error or is a coin that whas damaged post minting. The edges of the crack are not jagged and it is so thin that I could barely (with difficulty) insert a single sheet of paper through the crack. The rim area of the coin extending about 1/8 of in towards the center looks like it has been bent down in relation to the rest of the coin. Sort of looks like a bottlecap. I assume this characteristic of the coin could have resulted from die/planchet contact in the striking chamber (sort of like a capped die planchet, only in the very earliest of stages).
Any thoughts?
I found such a coin (1984) while searching through rolls. I can not figure out if it is a mint error or is a coin that whas damaged post minting. The edges of the crack are not jagged and it is so thin that I could barely (with difficulty) insert a single sheet of paper through the crack. The rim area of the coin extending about 1/8 of in towards the center looks like it has been bent down in relation to the rest of the coin. Sort of looks like a bottlecap. I assume this characteristic of the coin could have resulted from die/planchet contact in the striking chamber (sort of like a capped die planchet, only in the very earliest of stages).
Any thoughts?
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
I think you loss most people after ten words.
San Diego, CA
can't remember the name of error
I will have to work on that.
I am a bit wordy. Comes with being a lawyer.
Unfortunately the shop is closed. He is usually open on Monday till 4 or 5. Maybe he took a long weekend. I'll try again tomorrow.
<< <i>There have been examples of damaged planchets with cracks or fissures present, that after being struck have squeezed almost shut, but leaving enough of a gap to actually put a piece of string through >>
I can understand that for a homogenous alloy coin, but I find it very hard to believe for a clad coin.
Conder: Please explain why.
It's not impossible (highly unlikely) that a clad strip or planchet might be broken. I've seen
struck coins which were subjected to sheer forces at the mint but these were obviously dam-
aged by a machine.
It's hard to imagine what might have happened to this coin.
Today Hyperion posted a thread about "Shrinkage". In it he posted a pic of a 1998 clad quarter that is very interesting.
The picture of the quarter [plus a picture of a 1972 Ike posted in the same thread] shows the same look of the 1984 half I have mentioned in this thread [only the quarter does not have a crack in it].
If any of you are interested, please check out the pics in Hyperion's thread.
He gave it a thorough inspection with a loupe and a microscope. His conclusion is that the coin was damaged post minting, through the use of a very fine band saw. He said he saw a few items which initially made him consider the possibility of a mint error. But after giving the coin a good look, he opined it to be post mint damage. He stated that the band saw would create tiny, sharp jagged edges that rise above the surface of the coin on one side [these were present]. He further said that inside the crack the metal on the surface of the crack would be crsytaline in appearance if it was a mint error [in this case no crystaline appearance was present, instead there was a striated appearance consistent with a band saw cutting through the metal].
On well, no big deal. The half cost me 50 cents and it is worth 50 cents.
Maybe next time I will hit the error jackpot.
"Hey Ernie, you think this thing has silver in it??"
The name is LEE!