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 Posted 08/31/2020  11:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Monoceros to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi there!

I found this coin in my grandfather's collection, is it a split planchet?

Thank you!

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 Posted 09/01/2020  12:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gincoin43 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
I found this coin in my grandfather's collection, is it a split planchet?

That is one half of a Magicians coin.
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 Posted 09/01/2020  01:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fenian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
By far the nicest split planchet in my collection. I picked this up at the 2019 RNCA convention.


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2.3 gram split planchet, 100% indent reverse. PCGS MS63.

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 Posted 09/01/2020  12:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Zonad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have one like yours Fenian, but also the other half. Wrote about them in a RCNA Journal article.
Nice coin.
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 Posted 09/01/2020  10:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Monoceros to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A Magician's coin, eh? Very interesting. Thank you for the reply and the link Gincoin43, and thank you for the warm welcome jbuck!
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 Posted 09/02/2020  7:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add robmck1967 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
beautiful example Fenian! thanks for showing it!
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 Posted 09/03/2020  11:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Zonad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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one was from a seller in eastern US, the other from western canada.
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 Posted 09/03/2020  2:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add robmck1967 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Zonad...that is the best split planchet I have ever seen. spectacular!. thank you for adding it to this post.
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 Posted 02/06/2021  5:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add robmck1967 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
here is a new addition to my split planchet set. As you can see, this one is a double error and I guess would be described as a clipped split planchet, split before strike.
this one is from 1981 and it weighs 1.61 grams. There is a nice Blakesley effect for the clip on the obverse and strong dovetailing of the rims at the clip. the obverse has a weak strike and the striations from the split are quite visible on the reverse.


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 Posted 02/06/2021  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add johnnysprawl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very cool!
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 Posted 02/07/2021  4:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bond632 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What an interesting post, thanks rob and all who contributed. This confirms how much I still need to learn, and how limited and generic my collection is.
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Very nice!! Love those coins with two different errors in a single strike!
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 Posted 04/18/2021  07:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SP67 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I want to present you few of my split planchets.

The first two coins are quite classical for this type of error and show a split before strike with the conventional striation pattern and weak strike.

Coin 1
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Coin 2
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The third one confused me when I got this coin. I was thinking that was a split after strike. But it's still a split before strike as explained by robmck1967 in the first post of this subject. The striations are quite smooth and were flattened by a normal planchet overlapping the split one during strike. The superposition of two planchets results in a strong strike as shown on the obverse.

Coin 3
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The last one is the most interesting. It shows a nice planchet lamination problem with a weight of 1.28g. The can still see a retained lamination.

Coin 4
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Let me know if you notice other observations, or if I'm wrong with my descriptions.
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 Posted 04/18/2021  10:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
SP67 nice coins. However I believe coin #3 split after strike as the rim would be totally flattened by second planchet. Just my two nickles worth.
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