Is This An "error" Coin?

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ruthjohn New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 7:08 pm Hi, I am new to these boards, I have been collecting commemorative coins from the US Mint for the past couple of years, and I think I found an error coin. I opened at coin roll that I got from the bank and found this coin. If it is a error, what is the error called? Thanks for any help! Image: chippedcoin1.jpg 58.14 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 7:26 pm Hi Ruth Welcome to the forum !!! Glad that you stopped in and hope you stay to share some of your commems with us !! were gonna need bigger pics of the coin !! It looks very interesting and I'm sure we can Identify what is going on there if you can get us the pics !! Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
ruthjohn New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 7:27 pm How do I load up bigger pics? I tried and it said my file was too big. thanks - I really want to get your opinions :) Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 7:36 pm Hi Ruth if you download the pic to a place like photobucket which lets you download larger pics and then post it into your post they will automatically resize here. photobucket is fast to join and free check it out here !http://photobucket.com/ Once you gain 50 posts on the forum one of the perks is your very own photo gallery which works essentially the same way as photobucket only its right here on the forum !! If you still have problems let me know and I will get an email address to you where you can send larger images and I will post them up for you. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
laxmaster92 Member United States 1154 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 7:37 pm Hi ruth, Like metalman said, we are going to need bigger pics to correctly identify what you have. But what it looks like from the pictures is that the coin got chipped from a rolling machine, which would be considered post mint damage. But without bigger pics we cant tell for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
ruthjohn New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 8:01 pm I remembered I have geocities so here are links to bigger pics. http://us.share.geocities.com/rjmade/coinback.jpg http://www.geocities.com/rjmade/coinclose.jpg http://us.share.geocities.com/rjmade/coinside.jpg http://www.geocities.com/rjmade/chippedcoin.jpg It sure is hard to get a good coin pic! Ruth Report this Post to the Staff
ruthjohn New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 8:28 pm I should have listened to your advice, apparently Yahoo Geocities is super tough on some transfer limit. Anyways here are the photbucket links: (thanks for your patience!) http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/...oinclose.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/...coinside.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/...coinback.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 9:12 pm I tried to fix the pic a bit ,, but I could not improve it much,, But I did get a little better look at it ,, and it appears to be post mint damage. probably from a counting / sorting machine like Lax was talking about. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
ruthjohn New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 9:36 pm Thanks - bummer :( was hoping I found something good! I have noticed several of my coins have extra letters on the outside that can be seen with a magnifying glass. 1 has a extra I, One an extra T. Is it an error if you need a glass to see it well? I promise not to bug you anymore (well, at least until tomorrow!) LOL Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 9:49 pm I cropped and resized the image and uploaded them here on CC. You can resize your images by changing the resolution in your editor to 96 pixels and then changing the image size itself. These are all resized to a width of 384 pixels. I also sharpened the images as much as I could. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 10:02 pm Ruth you are certianly not a bother !! We hang out here just for things like this . Susan has helped get your pics up on the forum and she has also given an explaination of how to size them to fit within the bounds for upload to the forum directly. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
ruthjohn New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 03/03/2007 10:10 pm Thank-you both! :) Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 03/07/2007 12:54 am Looks like the coin was ground down. Might have been stuck inside a counting machine - something...but not a mint error. Report this Post to the Staff
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