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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Found this one tonight roll searching. Not bad for 72 years old! (The coin, not me...) I'm very happy with it since I paid 5 cents for it, but was wondering what you all might think of its grade. It looks better in hand - very clean fields except for the "crater" on the reverse. Had trouble with the lighting on these pics.   |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Not an expert on grading , but nice coin, and good key date , Good find :)
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Moderator
 United States
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I'll take a shot, XF-45 to AU-50. Nice find  John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
Extrordinary for a box baby. That'a a 20.00 coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
721 Posts |
Yea, I was very surprised to find it! I am thinking it was in someone's collection and was just recently cashed in. When you see something like this in a roll, at first glance you see the original mint luster and think it's one of the coins from the 2000's again. But when I turned it over and checked the date, I read it twice before it sunk in to check the reverse again for a D mintmark. There it was... I was thinking AU condition, but didn't know how much that large nick/crater on the reverse would downgrade it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would go AU50 on that one. Nice find.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'll agree with AU. That is a home run find for nickels!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd say it is an awesome find and AU53/55 and the "crater" appears to be a "struck through" error which means something was in between the blank planchet and dies when it was struck.
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Pillar of the Community
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I've been roll searching forever and still haven't found the 39-D. Congrats. I would say the coin would be AU-53 without taking the "crater" into account. I'm not sure if that's a mint error or not. If yes, you do have a fairly valuable coin there. If it is just a major crater, then unfortunately it's bad enough to drop it's value to the low circ area. Maybe $2. I can't tell for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree, TheNickelGuy, that the "crater" is not PMD, it looks too perfect and have never seen a bag mark like this. Can't get a good closeup pic of it, but through my 10X loupe, it looks like what you have described, a "struck through" error. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome roll find! I would put this coin at around AU-55.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A struck through coin usually isn't a big deal unless it is a significant size. It would have to have some eye appeal to a collector for what it is. If this is a struck through it is pretty ordinary and I don't think it would raise the value of the coin much if any at all. Now if it was a retained struck through ( I think that's what it's called ) where a staple or thread or bristle from a brush was struck between the coin blank and the die and remained stuck to the coin, then I think it raises the value considerably.
Your 1939 D is a key date so I don't know if somebody would rather have yours or one without the struck through. It would probably be a personal choice but I don't think it actually makes the coin any less or more valuable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In my series, serious collectors prefer their coins without struckthrus. And yes, I've seen struck thru's that look just like yours - awesome find!
People pop a semi-key on the bay with a struck through error, call it one-of-a-kind (which it is) and watch the price go up up up.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it'll go AU. And I agree, a struck through error. Any value added for that?
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Posted 10/21/2011 06:15 am
