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Hello folks of the forum! I have another coin for you to look at. I have a 1955 Nickel with a possible two errors. The first as you will notice is on the front of the coin. The letters CENT are missing from the word "cents." Next since I did not know anything about the coin I of course googled it. To my surprise this year has an additional error, a stamping of a D over S. Well as I examined it closely it is obvious that I can see the S sticking out from under the D. It has to be viewed in a certain angle but I can see it. Please feel free to express your opinions and of course possible value please. I appreciate very much Thank You, O.k. gents here is the second picture.. Please let me know a value with your comments. Please. Thank You,   Edited by blazing_freeze
10/31/2011 2:52 pm
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The missing "CENT" is caused by the die getting plugged up with grease or debris. It's fairly common and doesn't add a lot of value to the coin unless it's very extensive and the coin is in better condition. To verify the D over S mintmark we'd need a closer image of the mintmark.
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Well what I'm wondering is multiple errors. Alone may be nothing but value on a coin with two separate ones?
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We need a better picture of the mint mark. It could just be Strike Doubling or even a rpm. It hasn't been determined whether or not your coin has one error yet, let alone multiple. The missing "CENT" was caused probably by a Grease Filled Die, and is not considered an error. Why, I don't know. It happens a lot.  |
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Well what I'm wondering is multiple errors. Alone may be nothing but value on a coin with two separate ones?
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what you are hearing is there has to be one error determined before you can determine there are two. The one could possibly be a Grease Filled Die which usually adds no value to the coin so even if there was another error it would not add value above the other error. Grease Filled Dies happen quite ofter and some people do keep them but they do not really add value 5to the coin at all. If it is a RPM or a MM/MM then the value would be in that error and the grease filled area would not even be considered when placing a value on the coin at all |
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If you do truly have an over-mintmark(OMM), then the grease strike would more than likely devalue the coin a bit as it would distract from the eye appeal. However, I am not certain at all that you have an OMM, the only thing I see is damage on the upright of the D mintmark so better pictures are needed for a definitive determination.
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Posted 10/31/2011 1:11 pm
