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laxmaster92
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Posted 02/16/2007  9:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add laxmaster92 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Message

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-George-Wash...cmdZViewItem


Im guessing that there will be many more!
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So I guess my first skeptical question is how deep is the lettering. If it's shallow, it could be buffed off easily and it would look awful shiny on the edges like that one.
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I wonder if your assumption is correct Bobby. Sure does look like residue on his finger and under his nails from a hand held die grinder with a buffing wheel on it. Imagine that...
Confucius say "Man who run in front of car get tired."
Edited by tights24 - 02/16/2007 9:38 pm
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Wow...thats crazy. It is already at $127.00
I will have to go look at mine now
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Here....

http://www.coincommunity.net/auctio...on-error.asp

We can watch them all unfold togeter.



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quote:
Sure does look like residue on his finger and under his nails from a hand held die grinder with a buffing wheel

A small suction cup and a drill would do it rather quickly.
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laxmaster92
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Posted 02/16/2007  10:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add laxmaster92 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Wow. Less than 2 days out and so many errors.

You know bobby. That was my first assumption. The letters could have been buffed out. But there is always the possibility of the new technology that the mint is using for the edge lettering could fail.
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Could be legit, just playing devil's advocate.
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Yes it could be real, hard to tell. The value if it is real is yet to be determined. This first one doesn't count. We have to see just how many turn up an how common or uncommon or faked it is. Time always plays these things out until a price is determined.

These next few months should be VERY interesting.

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Can't believe the price. Might be thousands out there just like that one.
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Errorcoins
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Posted 02/16/2007  11:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Errorcoins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

The key word is "might be" thus the price
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It is APPARENT the hucksters are already starting the hype over nothing. Guess its time to sell off some more swamp land or a bridge or two!
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wardtom084
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Wow... $202.00 for the coin. Going to have to get a few and see what I can do out in the shop for that price.
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I just picked up 4 coins at the bank this morning. I looked at the edge lettering and the depth. I spent 20 years in the metal finishing business doing buffing and polishing for a living and it wouldn't be hard for me to "make these errors". Not that I would ever attempt to make them.

They could be legit, but if you wanted to make them, it's far easier to doctor an edge than it would be to alter the face.

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jtomlin, wouldn't there be a size difference in the coins.

Also under a microscope how would the metal look as compared to an unaltered coin?

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Yes,there would have to be a size difference. If it's done properly you wouldn't suspect anything, but you would be able to detect a size difference with a caliper. Under a microscope you would detect fine scratch marks from the polishing abrasive and probably some distortion where the lettering was removed that you would never see with the naked eye. When something is being polished for restoration you only remove as much material as needed to get a smooth surface.
Edited by jtomlin - 02/17/2007 10:16 pm
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jtomlin, wouldn't there be a size difference in the coins.

Also under a microscope how would the metal look as compared to an unaltered coin?

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thekidcollector
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Posted 02/17/2007  1:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add thekidcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Wow!

That was fast!
Maybe a extra finger error or something will come out.
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