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Moderator
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a broad strike fragment maybe?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That bag has some cool finds in it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love errors like this. Great to study and try to understand what happened.
Wonderful error, Mr. Bats!!
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
United States
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I like it, whatever it is.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks! And no, a die cap wouldn't be incuse. The obverse here would have been glommed on to the die and show normal, while the other side slams into each additional planchet as they get fed in thus making the reverse a mess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice, and would that be considered an indent on the reverse?
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
United States
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Glory knows what mayhem happened to the reverse. Could be some kind of an indent situation but pretty hard to know for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How in the world did that one escape the Mint's QC crew?!
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Pillar of the Community
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Likely was minted back when coins just went into a $50 bag, scraps and errors included.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nope, not part of a disintegrating die cap. It's a piece of "coin shrapnel" from a heavily stressed coin that was probably struck more than once. The reverse face shows the impression of two planchets appressed edge to edge to form a chain strike.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks so much Mike! That's not what I was thinking at all and glad to have a proper diagnosis on this one. A lot going on, and I generally do not slab error coins, but would be interesting to try and see how much of that diagnosis would fit on the slab! Definitely one of the more interesting coins in my error files and glad I picked it up.
Starting to be out of town a lot now so sorry if it takes me a bit to reply at times.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't expect an accurate label from any grading service. They'd probably label it "struck scrap" or "struck fragment", neither of which is anywhere close to the truth.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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I hear you there. Buying slabbed error coins can be a good way to get a better error than the seller thinks they have.
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