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If the washer were a softer material...  |
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It's amazing how many comments on how easy to duplicate the errors it would be! And no one yet has done it!!  |
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Well, I'm 80 now and probably couldn't wave around a 5-10 lb maul and strike it hard enough to leave the impression. I DO however, have a few nice thick leather belts that would come in handy to protect the coin.
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Your NGC coin is 1988 and the coin in question is an 1887. If it was actually struck through a washer, the Obv rim at 1:00 would be the same as it 3:00; damaged. I can't tell the image of the NGC coin.
Edited by okiecoiner
04/16/2026 09:06 am
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For those that think the design can't be transferred through the washer, then explain how the design transfers through late stage capped die strikes and coins struck through clad layers on US coins? If you look back on this thread, I posted images of coins struck through clad layers with the design transferring through. Zonad's coin is easily identified as being struck through a washer, just like my coin that I posted 15 years ago and certified by NGC. It would be nice to have Zonad's coin as a twin to mine. Edited by Zimmy
04/17/2026 8:20 pm
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I'm think that I may put in an auction raw. Serious error collectors are buying the coin, not the holder.
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Good luck, Randy.... hoping for the best.
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Interesting how the same sized thin washer appeared on struck through loonies in both 1987 and 1988.
Edited by darryldarryl
04/23/2026 9:07 pm
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I see nothing that would indicate this error is a fake. If a piece of metal is thin enough, a blurry raised design will bleed through it from the die. A thin washer would seem to fit the bill.
Error coin writer and researcher.
Edited by mikediamond
05/14/2026 2:15 pm
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Yes, but I still don't understand 2 coins, different years, and the same result looking the same.
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What are the odds this "error" happened without "assistance" ?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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You have a point DBM. The odds of Zimmy's coin having the loons head perfectly centred is slim. Mint presses don't normally have washers falling off them to enter the strike chamber either.
Just saw this old thread. A good read for sure.
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I realize that the dies are harder than the "washer", but wouldn't the washer damage the die? If so, wouldn't there be a bunch of following coins that would show "ghosting" (similar to a die clash)?
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A flat washer would not damage the dies. The planchet would absorb the pressure during the strike.
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