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New Member
Canada
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Edited by M TeK 9
02/09/2022 08:59 am
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Valued Member
United States
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wow never seen that before. Does the impression match the colored swirl completely?
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Forum Dad
United States
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Wwwwwaaaaayyyyyyy too many pics! (Almost 4MB) It's nothing that can happen during the minting process. How it happened is not relevant.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This was in a cup holder in a car for sometime. The coin was mixed with other coins and various drinks altered the surface of the coin. Not a mint error, just stains and slight acid damage to the coin. Spender.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and  with both bobby and coop.
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New Member
Canada
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Yes the impression matches the markings. If its as you fellas say it is, how come the damage does not occur on the letters as well? If it was surface damage from a cup holder, its unquestionable that the letters would also be physically indented and stained just the sane as the other areas. How would something physically alter the coins background area but somehow precisely avoid the perforated letters? In fact if you look at where the marking come down crossing the monument's roof, there are small cracks that run through yhe marking. I dont think this is a cup holder stain fellas. &  (Apologies for so many pics. I just wanted to give a good view of what's going on here) Edited by M TeK 9
02/09/2022 6:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it looks like a stain of some sort, I think that the reason you don't see it on the devices (the letters) is because they are the high point and was probably rubbed off while in circulation.
The reason you can see it on the memorial is because the stain is left in the many close together low spots and not rubbed off. Notice the steps in picture 11. the high points of the steps are shiny and the little nooks and crannies are dark...
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Forum Dad
United States
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How it happened is irrelevant. If you spend an hour or 2 researching the minting process you will understand that this cannot happen.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, cup-holder coin and monster pic overload. to the CCF! |
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New Member
Canada
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Ok but to clarify, its not a stain. Its a physically indented marking that can be felt with your fingers and runs underneath the perforated areas.
Also There is no sign of wear on the areas where it crosses the letters that would suggest it was rubbed off, even though that is irrelevant because its a physical marking and not a surface stain.
Is it not possible some debris or grease found its way on to the coin during pressing?
Contrary to bobbys "certainty", the fact thats its a physical property that runs beneath the letters would absolutely make "how" it happened quite relevant.
You reply as if its impossible that something you are currently unaware of could ever be discovered.
Edited by M TeK 9
02/09/2022 7:12 pm
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Forum Dad
United States
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Hey, since you're sure it's an error fork out the dough and send it to NGC or PCGS. Be sure to tell them it's a "Spiral Error" so they can put it on the label. Quote:
You reply as if its impossible that something you are currently unaware of could ever be discovered. Since there have been trillions upon trillions upon trillions upon trillions of coins minted on the type of presses used today over many decades, smart money says all types of errors have been discovered and you don't have a brand new never happened before error.
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New Member
Canada
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Well, to be honest I was hoping the community here would be a bit more curious and insightful opposed to the dismissive and borderline hostile replies that ive received.
I mean, id really appreciate and be thankful if you could share your realistic thoughts on what could cause such a physical defect that runs underneath the lettering and images.
Would it not strongly suggest that the markings were present on the planchet prior to the pressing of the lettering and momument?
In addition, you can faintly see the markings on the obverse where it runs just beneath "in god we trust" that match up with the bottom markings on the reverse.
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New Member
Canada
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Sigh...
Nevermind. I see your edited addition to your last post.
Thank you very much for your input.
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Forum Dad
United States
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Would it not strongly suggest that the markings were present on the planchet prior to the pressing of the lettering and momument? You don't think that if they were there before striking they would be obliterated when struck with 50 or so tons of pressure?
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New Member
Canada
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Maybe something was on the planchet when the lettering and imaging was smashed with that 50 tons of pressure?
Seems a lot more plausible than something physically impressing into the coin and even causing a small crack, but somehow managing to precisely avoid impressing the high points like the lettering while sitting in a cup holder.
The latter just doesn't seem possible without physically impressing the high points as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well at this point, I would you sent it in for attribution. The best (and cheapest) one to send it to would be ANACS, as they will also notate more notable things that are out of the norm than the other two big TPG's. If you do send it in, please come back here and report your findings for us to see. |
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