In Utah, that's kinda the west coast right? Mountainman, now that you mention it, it does look like it was in a vice. I thought the pattern looked familiar. As for the D mints they are both 1945.
Not my fault people at the Mint has never seen a waffle or don't understand English well enough to call that accordion crimping a "waffle". I have a Waffle House near me as well Chik-Fil-A, and Denny's and have never seen a "waffle" looking like that coin. Someone might want to give the Mint an English dictionary and have someone read it.
Just don't tell me grading companies are also inept in knowing what a waffle looks like?
You have a point- it doesn't exactly look like a waffle- but if that's what it's called, that's what it's called. Anyway, I'm not sure that's what the mint calls it.
From what I am understanding is you can crimp a coin yourself and sell it since the waffle coins aren't legal money they don't hold the same laws as money. So anyone could make some machine do this and send it to NGC or whoever and exactly how do they know it wasn't the mint that did it?
Seems like a scam market to me if I ever saw one. I don't care what the mint calls them, or why.. well I do care why they put them for anyone to get their hands on or allow anyone to do so without charges against them as these coins are not legal coins since they were "cancelled" and should be seen as fake aka counterfeits since the mint didn't release them an whoever is spreading them should be held accountable, as well whoever is slabbing and grading them should be held accountable.
Maybe they would save money on pennies, nickels, quarters, etc if they made sure the people that are making the coin rolls for them actually properly handled the "cancelled" coins and used them to pay in part for the new rolls, just like the scrap remaining after cutting out the blanks/planchettes.
Post mint damage on the "strange looking" one. Just sell to a scrap dealer and collect your maybe $9. Then buy more rolls. Also, and, of the other coins in the roll.
I don't have pics of the other coins. They went in the pile with the rest of the pre-1960 nickels (I seem to be getting quite a collection of those now, even helped a couple people fill holes in their books). I'd never sell it. May be PMD, but it still looks cool.
Quote: I'd never sell it. May be PMD, but it still looks cool.
If you ever find out what actually caused the square hole tracks in it I would love to hear. I am sure it was probably in some sort of gear, crimping tol or clamp. I can't figure people are randomly putting those marks on various coins with just a punch and die set to practice with it in such perfect alignment.
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Posted 10/09/2015 10:26 pm
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of the other coins in the roll.
