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That is a good question John1. How does a coin have a possible 1 on it on a 2007? Just as how does reeds get on a smooth edged dollar when its ran with other smooth edged dollars? what kind of acid eats the outer layer but leaves the inner metal of the coin unscathed? Is it possible of something else doing that to the nickel?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm thinking solder on the nickel. Normal weight for the nickel?
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If that was PMD done on the dollar I would like to know how ? Not even sure if it's reeding but ? |
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Thank you Indian1. You are the second person other than my wife and I. I also had a dealer mind blown and he took it to the manager of the alsoshop and he was floored and the recommended I send it to PCGS. It came back genuine AU Details rim damage. We were all shocked. So what do you think Indian1? Coop, as far as the nickel wieght goes it 4.6
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The "1" one the edge is transfer damage from another coin. Hit two edge lettered coins together hard enough on the edge and the incuse lettering will actually act like a die and make a positive impression on another coin. The coin with "reeding" is rim damage from an unknown source It cannot be actual reeding applied at the Mint since there are no coins that have a matching diameter. The closest would be a $10 gold Eagle at 26.8mm but I don't think there are any collars from Eagles sitting around since at least 1933 that were suddenly put into use on a non-reeded edge coin. Finally, the nickel has been exposed to severe environmental exposure/damage.
Edited by biokemist6
09/05/2012 2:38 pm
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The two Adam dollars are suspicious. Either after strike damage or someone having some fun. I consulted Alan Herbert's book on coin errors and nothing there seems to fit these two coins. The nickel looks like chemical or environmental damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The weight of the nickel is under. So wear must have taken it's toll on weight.
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Ok. The 1 is incused and is not from another edge of another dollar. The marks that are on the second dollar is very confusing. Like we said earlier that this is the second dollar coin that we have encountered and the first one was sent off to PCGS. they couldn't figure it out either. Its a mystery.
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Don't let you S Government know about these, they'l spend our tax dollars to find out!
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Don't let you S Government know about these, they'l spend our tax dollars to find out! Yes, I agree llmyr!  Huh? Great discussion so far though.  |
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So can we agree that maybe just maybe is that a ... Oh I don't even want to say it ... A.dropped number?!
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Looks like damage on both coins...including the "dropped 1".
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While I appreciate all input because I'm going mad. Please explain the damage. Did a do it? Did the mint? Is some evil elf stamping ones in edges of coins? as for the tracks of whatever we have 2 coins. Both 2007. Madison and Adams. Just because no one has seen it doesn't mean that it is not just all kinds of strange.
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When it comes to damage on a coin, you are wasting your time trying to figure out how it was done. There a millions of ways to damage a coin. True mint errors are well documented, because there is a limited number of ways for them to occur at the mint. Things such as off center, MAD's, brockages, struck through errors, incomplete planchets, broadstrikes, etc, all have a logical explanation when you look at the way coins are minted. When the whole process of minting coins is understood, it is easy to tell what is a mint error, and what could not be a mint error. Trying to determine exactly how and why a coin was damaged after being minted is an exercise in futility, because there are just way to many ways to damage a coin and make it look like something special.
Dave
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