Whats up w/ this 1872 seated dollar planchet?

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• DorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭

  July 15, 2008 12:00AM

  I don't think it's a planchet problem, I think it's gunk.

  Becky

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• guitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭

  July 15, 2008 12:01AM

  
  Looks like the wreath fell off the back of an Indian Cent and got lodged on the Obverse die somehow.
  
  I'm 99% sure this didn't happen, but would be cool anyhow. I don't know what that is.
  
  -wes

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• BillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭

  July 15, 2008 12:03AM

  I wonder if a really, really dirty coin was layed on it at one point for a long time, and some of the dirt transferred over to that one.

  Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 15, 2008 12:09AM

  It does not look like a laminated planchet whatsoever;
  I believe it's post-mint damage; some liquid on the
  surface of the coin has caused this effect.

  Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.

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