| Author |
 Replies: 11 / Views: 3,031 |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
I've picked up a few mint sets recently and have found a couple errors I thought I'd share. Sorry for the poor pictures, it's difficult to take them through the mint packaging. The first is a strike-through error on the reverse of a satin-finish 2010 Lincoln Presidential dollar.    The second is a very weakly struck 2004-P Wisconsin quarter. The marks you see aren't contact marks - they're roughness on the planchet from before it was struck. The debris you see is inside the packaging, however.     In neither case was I aware of the errors when I got the sets - they were sealed. |
|
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
The Dollar is a struck through error. (Wire)
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
4132 Posts |
I think the quarter is a weak strike rather than Struck Through Grease, because it's on both sides, the weak areas are all around the periphery of the coin and it shows so much planchet roughness. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
You said you picked up a couple sets. Is that the same 25c? Struck Through Grease obv. & weak strike rev? |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
Yes - the couple of sets were the 2010 set (the struck through wire dollar) and a 2004 (the weak strike quarter). All four quarter pictures are the same coin.
Edited by CaptainFwiffo
02/07/2012 10:48 am
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Weak strikes tend to be weakest at the center, i.e. the area of the design with the highest relief. I would concur with the coin being Struck Through Grease. Grease will tend to leave the planchet roughness intact as well. I like the Lincoln struck through wire  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
The irony is that I wanted these mint sets as nice pristine sets to put away so I could put the satin finish era out of mind. Included the 2004 so that I wouldn't have a series of mint sets with only half the Westward Journey nickels. I like finding errors, but I think I need to get new mint sets to have intact ones to put away. I'm also irritated at again finding so much debris inside the government packaging. QC much?
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Mint sets can be in good condition without marks or in bad condition with a lot of contact marks or worn out dies. It's kind of the luck of the draw. Best to get a roll of OBW rolls and pick the best there.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
You can't get the 2005-2010 satin finish versions from bank rolls. I was trying to ignore the whole subject of satin finish mint sets, but the throwback composition of the 2009 cents eventually broke down my will.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
194 Posts |
Finally someone else with a dollar that has an error! This ones from my 2012 silver proof set!  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
74662 Posts |
Thelionwarrior, it looks like your example was Struck Through Wire.
Errers and Varietys.
|
| |
Replies: 11 / Views: 3,031 |
|
Posted 02/07/2012 01:02 am
