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Valued Member
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Found this while roll hunting today. I realize that this is not a double die, but what is it? A multiple strike? Is it of any value? Thanks,   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is a genuine error coin but I cannot tell you exactly what caused it. What I can tell you is that you are very lucky, and that's worth something.
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Valued Member
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Wow, coppercoins.com. I've been frequenting your website trying to learn about cents. Your comment really piques my curiosity. Can you speculate on what might have caused it? Have you seen a coin similar to this before?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow...thats a pretty awesome find....I'm definitely gonna keep up with this thread....
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Great find  . I am sure Mike Diamond can tell you. Looks like some kind of a brockage or capped die kind of error. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking a rotating disentegrating die cap cause this. A coin similiar to this has been posted before:  |
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Valued Member
United States
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John1,
Does Mike Diamond frequent this forum?
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Yes. Just hang in there. John1 |
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Valued Member
United States
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That is a beautiful speciman
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Valued Member
United States
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So, assuming that this is a rotating deteriorating die cap struck through error, can anyone suggest what it's value might be, or how I could go about determining its value? It's not like there are a bunch of these on ebay that I can compare it with. Thanks |
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Valued Member
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WOW! A very nice score, makes it all worth it. Congratz.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't have input on the value but that is cool coin and an awesome roll find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pretty awesome find. You are so lucky to have found it!
When I first saw it, die cap first came to mind. I guess the die was loose to make it rotate and have the obverse design appear multiple times?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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More like the capped now generic coin was still in place on the front of the die, but now loosening and turning some.
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Valued Member
United States
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Could someone explain how this coin was actually created? I don't know a lot about error coins like this.
From what I've read so far, it sounds like something like this happened: Planchet is positioned on the die. The upper die strikes planchet, which then sticks to the obverse die. My coin enters. Obverse die, now a capped die, strikes through the stuck planchet, and makes an impression on my coin.
Now this is where I'm really fuzzy. My coin isn't properly ejected and is struck again by the capped die, but only after the capped coin rotated some? Then my coin is properly ejected?
When explaining this to me, don't be afraid to pretend your words are coming from a sock puppet as I am very new to coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
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LOL Sock Puppet.
You've about got it. The capped die has struck several other coins before it strikes your coin. The reverse devices are not flattened out and this is now called a generic die cap as the reverse devices/Memorial is now flattened and the cap is starting to come loose from the die, but just rotating at first. You coin was struck while the cap had rotated a little making the imprint of the die struck through the cap now with two sets of dates on the cap. Then your coin is struck and shows two dates and the bust rotated a little. Eventually the cap is removed or the cap continues to disentigrate or eventually falls off. Then the coin start looking normal again. You've almost got it though.
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Posted 01/22/2012 9:59 pm
