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1977 LMC A Strange One

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 Posted 06/11/2017  6:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crazyb0 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Who's gonna be the one to send Spruett's poptop pix to this dipstick seller?
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jasper, it is cleverly done and pictured ,seems to me you thought it was an error as well before posting feedbacks,feel bad for the buyer!

I really didn't have a clue one way or another as I stated in the beginning of this thread. One thing is certain I don't bid on items I have a doubt about it's authenticity.
I posted the Listing because I knew you guys would find it interesting
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Wow, it's over $63 now. Get your bids in folks!

I'm really tempted to see if I can recreate that. The effect on the obverse is interesting.

(not to sell, of course)
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I believe it's a mint error, if it were struck outside of the mint by something the devices would be flattened and wider, take the columns for instance they look normal to me, so I think it was done at the mint
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Yea Oman, called a "strike thru", just this time its not grease, wire, or residual matter...just the die operators beer can poptop!

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I believe it's a mint error, if it were struck outside of the mint by something the devices would be flattened and wider


the depression mark on the reverse versus the bulge on the opposite side obverse on the exact location and the indentations on the Rim tells me it was done by some kind of hand tool.if there was a side view shot of the coin,the degree of the outward expansion on the obverse would have become much more obvious.
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Sold!...for a measly $86+shipping.

There are two main reasons for this not being a mint error:

The bulges on the edge from the pressure should not be there if it was struck in the collar.

Also, the obverse die would have prevented that effect on the obverse. If anything, the obverse should be very well struck because of the added metal/pressure from the can tab.

The remaining devices on the reverse in the affected area, I believe, can be explained by the maleability of aluminum compared to say, a piece of steel.



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