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Wow, that really is something. If that was on the planchet before the coin was struck, wouldn't the actual strike have altered the clairity of the 9 more then it has? And man that would have had to be a deep strike. Also, what, other then a hub, at the mint has protruding surfaces?  pretty cool reguardless of the answer. I'm gonna have to watch this thread to see what some of the masters say. Edit: if that was in the planchet before the strike the center of the 9, would be slightly mushroomed out or something wouldn't it? Edited by MorganNoob
04/02/2008 11:24 pm
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Thanks for the tip on CONECA, I didn't even think of that...I came here first...I sent James Wiles an email with pics and a link to here.
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Is that "9" incused?
afernbaugh
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I am doing as the thread suggests ... scratching my head.
I can't come up with a theory that explains this coin.
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Drop # very rare send a pic to Fred Weinberg he may buy or help you with it. Ken Potter also
nice find!
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow! How interesting! Thanks for sharing this one.
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This is going to be a tough one to explain right. Dropped letters confuse the heck out of me but I think this is the scenario.
It looks like a "dropped letter" error. Of course in this case it is a numeral. On the obverse, the 9 would have been filled with debris that hardened. It then fell out and created the 9 on the reverse die by being struck into it. Remember that a die has the details of the reverse incused. The material that created the dropped letter would be forced into part of the O and part of the D during the strike. Some coins with the damage would look like filled die errors where some of the O and some of the D would be missing. After a few strikes, the clogs stuck in the D and O might have fallen out. That would leave a damaged die creating that 9 and the O and D would be fully struck again after the debris that clogged them fell out.
I think I got that right:-)
Thanks,
Bill
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You got it exactly right Bill. I received a reply from Mike Diamond at CONECA after writing to James Wiles. They both agree it is a dropped number and explained it pretty much the same way- although more succinctly- Thanks for a more detailed explanation .
And thanks Amac44 , I might send them an email about this to Fred or Ken and see if they can put a value on it, the guys at CONECA didn't say- but I didn't ask. I have to find out what the owner of the coin wants to do, since he is a dealer I am sure he can find a customer for it .
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Thanks, I'm happy to have helped!
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Bill
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Wow! That's so dang cool! Does anyone have an idea what that's worth?
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Fascinating...I've never seen a coin of that era resembling that. If the die was damaged, would that mean that other coins were struck? It would be interesting to see a progression.  |
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Nice coin!! I hope I find one like it some day.
Foundinrolls,
Great explaination. Your reply was very educational. Thanks.
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I am glad everyone enjoyed it, I sure liked finding it ! Once a value has been established I just may try and get this one- if it is not too pricey. I did find another interesting anomaly on another half, I will try and post that one tonight- along with some other stuff....
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Posted 04/02/2008 11:35 pm
