Question for the Error Experts (Pic Attached)
DrewU
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Does anyone have any idea what this is or what might have caused it? If you can believe it I found it circulation a few years ago. Looks like a high grade AU coin and, the gunk on the back appears to be dirt that would probably come off with acetone.
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Sean Reynolds
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Based on what I see, it's post-mint damage,
and not a die adjustment strike, not a filled
die, etc.
The rev. design elements have been "buffed"
off, it appears, and the center portion of the
obv. is damaged, possibly at the same time
as the buffing....
It's not a mint error in my opinion, from what I see.
Fred
<< <i>Looks like a trial set-up strike when they install a new set of dies and are adjusting the die spacing. >>
Would not a Die Trial strike have full rims?
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<< <i>Looks like a trial set-up strike when they install a new set of dies and are adjusting the die spacing. >>
Would not a Die Trial strike have full rims? >>
The rims would probably be full, especially if the coin was on a normal planchet that went through the upsetting mill. The reeding on the edge would be weak since the planchet would not expand as much under the lower pressure.
The biggest reason the OP's coin can't be a low pressure or die adjustment strike is that the struck areas on either face do not line up. You can't have the elements around the rim fully struck on one side but missing completely on the other, unless maybe the planchet was shaped like a contact lens before it was struck.
Sean Reynolds
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seems easier to explain than what someone did or tryed to do
to it to make it look that way.
but the vague appearance of some pattern in the bust of george
is a head-scratcher if nothing else
It would be interesting to have the weight and to examine it in hand.
Lane
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when people disagree with Fred on these.....
theres probably more questions than answers i think.
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when people disagree with Fred on these..... >>
The same goes for Seanq.
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