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This is a sharper image. I don't have a great camera for the super close up.  |
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I often find stuff like this on the older proof nickels. Some still in mint cello have marks like this:  Often more of a distraction. |
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Interesting find. I think it could be a wire. Just look at the shape. But because of the thickness I think it might be thread.
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Probably just struck through lint or similar. Not enough to be a collectible error. I'd return to Mint.
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Normally proof coins struck through small strands of lint, thread or similar are ignored by error collectors. They have to be more massive than what is on your coin. Here is a cool one on a 2003-S Clad Proof Missouri State Quarter. This coin boasts a very interesting "Strike Through" in the form of a looped piece of wire, thread or something below and virtually hanging from the arch. Submitted by John Bowers in 2003. If I owned your coin, I'd be returning it to the Mint for an exchange.  Edited by koinpro
05/10/2015 1:54 pm
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In terms of marketability the key is whether a TPG will grade it as a struck through, if they do it's likely worth a hefty premium. If they don't its likely worth less than an ordinary problem free example. |
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ive seen posts - suggesting that a thread is the cause of some of the struck through errors. I'm just a novice here - but it seem hard to believe that something so soft as a piece of thread - can actually have any affect on something so harad as a metal coin - being hammered bt an even harder die. just saying...
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Actually, when something is pressed between metal dies with tons of force, it can leave an impression in a coin/planchet. It's really not a matter of the lint, thread or what have you "denting" a metal planchet but more of the metal of the planchet flowing around the thread. Metal can't go where it can't go as it cannot occupy the same space as the offending object.
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05/10/2015 10:38 pm
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Ken I found one that had the fiber like material still on it:   |
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Coop, nice example! jack jeckel, you too!  Edited by koinpro
05/10/2015 10:41 pm
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jack jeckel, you too! I have a whole PILE of half dollar roll hunting error finds  5 quarter stocks and always looking for #6. Edited by jack jeckel
05/10/2015 11:43 pm
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I complain about not finding anything but I have BU rolls all over the place that have been sitting here for decades -- even Franklins!
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Coop, Ken and Jack Jackel thanks for sharing those pictures. Ken I think your right about it being a piece of lint, under 10x the ends of the object appear to be frayed. But I have to keep it, the strike through gives the coin character, makes it more of a conversation piece instead of being just another reverse proof dime. Take this 2006 Ben Franklin Scientist, ordinarily not much to speak of, but with the right light, the strike damage along Ben's arm appears like lightning streaking down his arm. If it wasn't for that it would just be another okay coin, but instead it has character.  |
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gunbarrelcoins,
I like your logic. Makes collecting fun.
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