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Does anyone know what's going on with Mr Roosevelt?  |
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Edited by Mrzllewellyn
10/17/2017 11:01 pm
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Mr. Roosevelt appears to possibly be the victim of a counterbrockage. A coin fails to leave the press when struck, and a second planchet is fed above and struck onto it. The original coin becomes a "soft die," and strikes an incuse representation of itself into the second planchet.
That second planchet would then be a coin with two of the same face, one a mirror image just like the die has. It's referred to as a "brockage."
That coin then stays in the chamber, probably stuck to the hammer die (a "capped die") and becomes a "soft die" strike onto a new planchet below it. The new planchet would have a "normal" impression of the anvil die and a soft impression of the hammer die because it was struck by a coin and not a die. This is called a "counterbrockage," and your Dime is about what one should look like.
Pretty cool. Not vanishingly rare, but uncommon.
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Reverse of Frankenstein dime  |
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Very cool Maskedoff!  And, excellent description, SsuperDdave. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Nice Frankendime. I like it!
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Congratulations. That really is a nice error to find. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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That is a very nice error to have and it carry's a premium,there are collectors who would love to have that. SsuperDdave, has described it perfectly. to the Community. |
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Thanks for all the replies everyone! The Frankendime is for sale if anyone is interested. I have no idea what the value would be, any estimates?
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Struck through a late stage capped die after the cap had been pounded so thin that the features of the obverse die are showing through.
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I have no idea what the value would be, any estimates? I found a few that sold on ebay and the prices are really subjective. I would reasonable say it's worth $15-$20, maybe more to the right buyer. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Those you don't see very often, in the wild, slipped by QC...Bad Checker, Bad!....oh, sorry, forgot...gubmint employees don't get fired now do they?  Edited by Crazyb0
10/18/2017 3:59 pm
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To the Forum. Nice find |
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Posted 10/17/2017 10:44 pm
