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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Edited by CelticKnot
04/27/2013 12:10 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
Wow! Look at all the bids! Interesting coin to say the least. How did this get by "quality control?" LOL
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
I think this guy is quality control with a clear exit route through the back door.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm very interested to understand how an Ike dollar could be struck by a Quarter Planchette...? I have to suspect this was intentional... |
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Pillar of the Community
Israel
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That is one cool piece  . |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'd assume a quarter planchet got stuck to the Ike planchet (note: if I worked at the planchet factory, I would do this at least once on purpose, which is why I don't work at the planchet factory) and they were struck together, but then the quarter got unstuck and the result was this beauty. Maybe one day, we'll find the opposing "quarter only struck on one side with Eisenhower design" and the two errors will meet at last.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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one can only hope, nalaberong
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Rarity level for these from my book reference is between 1 and 1000 in existence.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
624 Posts |
The more I ponder this error, the more I suspect this as a "forced"error...
Edited by BamaBlue
04/28/2013 09:33 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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BamaBlue : Fair comment. Ex mint. Bit like the 1913 'V' Nickel. I have a deliberately contrived 'coin' from The Royal Mint, (not as rare as the 'V' nickel, though). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Planchets get mixed. It DOES happen, and not on purpose. No reason to think this was on purpose IMO. Case of stuff happens.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have just never understood error collecting but to each his own! I am quite certain much of what I do in life wouldn't make sense to many people!
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Moderator
 United States
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Very interesting. Too much money for me though.  Quote:
edit: oops, mods, would you please stick this in the error coins sub-forum? Thanks. Fixed. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One would be surprised by how many such errors come up for auction. There's usually a couple from different denominations struck through cents, dimes, quarters, washers, etc. I'm not sure how rare this specific type, Ike struck through quarter, is, but it might be more rare than other combinations. And I agree that this wasn't a helped error. Planchets get mixed up all the time, (at least they used to). There are certainly stranger, and more likely candidates for the 'helped' designation.
Edited by ErrorCoins222
04/30/2013 01:32 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To add, there isn't a way to tell with complete certainty that it was actually struck through a quarter planchet until the matching coin is located. It could have been struck through a different planchet or some machine part, although quarter planchet is probably likely.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It happens.  |
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Posted 04/27/2013 4:12 pm
