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Pillar of the Community
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wouldn't even guess. I certainly wouldn't pay 85. for something that looks like a piece off
a pocket knife.
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Forum Dad
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Susan said they call it an "mint error" because "mint trash" wouldn't look professional on the slab.  Yes, she has a strong opinion about it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Don't like "trash" how about what it is Mint Scrap?
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Rest in Peace
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Break Glass for emergency screwdriver.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Slabbing something like this is ridiculous in my opinion.  |
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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It's a mint error only in the fact that it shouldn't have left the mint and entered the numismatic marketplace. It could have been sold by the scrap dealer that the mint sent the webbing to. I have 50 or so pieces of scrap that I bought for a dollar at a flea market. Some are larger and more complex than this one, but none show tapered edges. I would pay another dollar for this piece, but I wouldn't even think of paying $85!
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Pillar of the Community
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That to me is a first in NGC holder.
The holder and label worth more than scrap metal.
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Pillar of the Community
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And how did that make it out of mint? but at any rate, to me it would be a mint trash.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Stupid thing that NGC should be shamed for grading. Why anyone would want to own a piece of scrap metal like this is beyond me.
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Pillar of the Community
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To me, this looks more like a so-called "dog bone" test specimen sometimes used during tensile testing to assess the strength of a material. It didn't look like webbing I've seen before because of it being rectangular. I'm wondering if Condor1 is correct and NGC mistook a legitimate test piece for a piece of scrap that had erroneously been punched out on both sides. An error because it doesn't look like other webbing? (At first, I thought it might have had to do with the thickness of the cladding since the thickness appears different on both ) Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
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This reminds me of the dime struck on a nail from a few years ago...
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Pillar of the Community
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Genuine webbing is collectable, why it would get holdered I have no clue. It's an 'error' because it was supposed to be melted an accidentally escaped
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Bedrock of the Community
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And how did that make it out of mint? The strip webbing is chopped up and sold as scrap to metal recyclers or anyone else willing to pay the most. (Sales used to be handled by the GSA, may still be. If you want some you can show up at the sale, out bid the recycler and buy yourself a few tons. This is also how things like press parts, feed fingers, even defaced dies, not including the ones the mint sold directly to collectors, get into the marketplace.) Once it is paid for and hauled off they can do anything they want to with it. The recycler typically melt it down but some of it probably gets carried home by workers and things like this wind up on the market. Edited by Conder101
11/01/2019 12:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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On a personal note, that takes NGC down a notch in my book.
Dan
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