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Previously Ousted
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here we have a nearly impossible contraction How did it come about... all the info is posted... any constructive comments and suggestions are appreciated.      |
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theory 1: that penny took a nice acid bath if you ask me. definately PMD. Someone probably soaked it a little too long when they were trying to clean it....if you look at your first picture, you can see that the acid completely ate away the queen from the coin to the point were the maple leaf was showing trough. theory 2: This is what could be classified as a struck through die cap or something along those lines...SEE MY POST CALLED "A LONELY QUEEN" https://goccf.com/t/116576Edited by Imohtep
04/17/2012 10:47 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wouldn't an 'acid bath' remove both sides of the coin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I see 1985 on the good side, but the other side looks like a mirror image of 1983?
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All I can say is, thank god it aint a pointed 5 lol, that would be a shame.
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Pillar of the Community
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If this is a split planchet it split before being rimmed. If it split anytime after I think the rim would be flat on one side. So, let's say it split before, then was rimmed and then was struck by a reverse die and a die cap?  |
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may be a retained broken die (rev.) tossed in with a split planchet. OR it could be PMD. I would need to see it in hand. The absence of some bleed through details is alarming (for a split planchet) |
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Wouldn't an 'acid bath' remove both sides of the coin not if you just puddled it up on the one side  |
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Previously Ousted
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Ok, lets get realistic and assume that either one of you is right, or both.
I am meeting with my friend later today who owns this concussion.
what do you guys, zonad and nickelsguy, think I should offer him for it.
Perhaps Pm me on this..
thanks
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Pillar of the Community
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I would pass unless I was sure. Need it in hand to be sure. Sorry, not much help.
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I can't say but I would pay $20 for the learning possibilities. Or send it to nickelsguy for an in hand opinion.
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Previously Ousted
Canada
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will discuss it with the owner later today
and who knows, it might take a ride to Ontario.
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It looks to me like a uniface strike on a thin planchet. This could happen if the thin planchet rode into the striking chamber on top of another planchet.
Why the planchet is thin is hard to say for sure - it could have been rolled thin or split in the rimming machine.
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Pillar of the Community
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I thought of that as well Joe, but then I would have expected rim damage or distortion on the "mirror side".
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...it could have been rolled thin Joe, that is probably unlikely, because it would mean an entire sheet or strip being rolled thin... and we would see more than a single example of this error. I am somewhat scratching my head like Mike is, because if it was on top of another planchet, it would be out of the collar and larger in diameter, and my eyes are seeing what Randy is seeing - looks like a 1983 brockage... definitely a coin needed in hand to make a decision... even then, it might not be conclusive... Thanks for sharing H. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Posted 04/18/2012 05:37 am
