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Pillar of the Community
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Just look at this thing! It's awesome!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow! That's amazing! If I ever had the money, I would love to own one.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Totally amazing! Thanks for sharing!
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Pillar of the Community
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Hard to imagine how that happened!
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow that is one unique coin, never seen something like that!
Can't even imagine finding something similar to that!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Question: How can you have a heads and tails on one side and two tails on the other side?
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Pillar of the Community
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Well coop, to me it looks like the planchet was struck on both sides successfully, then folded over or bent at some point and struck for the second time off center. The reverse of the coin is facing outwards of the bend, while the obverse is hidden inside the fold. In a nutshell: struck successfully, folded over (reverse side facing out), and struck again. I hope that makes sense....  Certainly a nice coin! -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
Edited by CoinHunter27
06/08/2020 11:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
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coop, the fold happened after a strike, which makes a given tail's strike appear to be on both sides
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Very interesting!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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CoinHunter - Very good explanation, thanks!
Edited by Coinfrog
06/08/2020 11:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Very cool error coin! Thanks for sharing.
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Pillar of the Community
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That is a very neat error.
I wonder why PCGS doesn't put the weight on the label for a coin like this, to determine the composition easily.
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I read Coop's question as humorous / sarcastic, not as he didn't understand. He's a pretty bright fellow.
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Pillar of the Community
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I thought he was asking so others might think about the minting process and engage in some insightful thinking on how errors like these occur. That's just how I read the question. There is no doubt that he knows his stuff.
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
Edited by CoinHunter27
06/08/2020 4:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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So it the coin was unfolded, the heads is shown on the folded over area. So the coin must have not exited out of the chamber and was standing upwards and then struck and folded. Just trying to figure out what happened to cause this error. I think I figured it out now.
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Foldover strikes occur when a planchet or coin is struck while spinning on its edge, standing on its edge, rolling across the anvil die on its edge, or caught on its edge while flying through the striking chamber. This is a particularly nice specimen as most foldover second strikes (or third strikes) are uniface.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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