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I have no idea, whether I can up load this picture, or not. The reason for this post is to be able to get pictures up on this site.  This coin is the $140 Ike Railroad listed on ebay ... with an offer of $100 ... that I countered at $135 ... results being no sale.  I got this low pixel picture back from ebay in a much smaller version. Hoping for the best.  Just looked at the Preview. I did it. Yeah  PS: Love Love this Railroad.  |
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Learning how to post (and add) a picture.  I did it ! This will be my Avatar pic. |
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Nice work on figuring out the pictures. I was having trouble visualizing what you meant by railroads and now I know. Thanks!
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Nice work on figuring out the pictures. I was having trouble visualizing what you meant by railroads and now I know. Thanks! Merc Man Hi today! This particular ike coin is a "single rail" coin. Generally they are the most Drastic, and valuable. IMHO Double railroads is one rail on each side. I have never seen a DEEP double rail. Wish I could get my hands on one. In time, I will be qualified to buy-sell-trade. May I please ask what is your status regarding buy-sell-trade? Regarding the "lost" sale of the $140 Railroad... I am very glad I did sell it. period. |
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So you sold it for 140 bucks on ebay? |
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A Partial Collar Strike, as we know, happens when the collar is improperly placed and doesn't completely contain the planchet. It almost always happens on the hammer die side and results in the exposed part of the planchet failing to become reeded, and expanding to a wider diameter than the contained, reeded portion. That's why we call them "railroad rims," because of the extra diameter of the uncontained portion of the planchet.
I don't know what it is, but by definition the coin pictured here isn't a "railroad rim." It's a physical impossibility for the uncontained part of the planchet to achieve a diameter smaller than the reeded part.
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Quote:So you sold it for 140 bucks on ebay? No I listed it at $140 ... with make best offer I was offered $100. I counter offered at $135 Result was his silence and NO SALE My feelings are now ... GLAD he did not pay the $135 I'm sure he is happy with his decision. So am I. Note, in part I WAS testing the market for values, with one of my best railroads. I HAVE sold some relatively very minor railroads, in the $20 area (with $1.xx postage. My personal opinion is error coins is a growing area of collecting, and time is on my side. Same feeling on the "area" of toned coins. Especially Ikes. |
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Agreed, the picture of the ebay'd coin is PMD not a partial collar or "railroad rim". |
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I don't know what it is, but by definition the coin pictured here isn't a "railroad rim." It's a physical impossibility for the uncontained part of the planchet to achieve a diameter smaller than the reeded part. I prefer to defer to your knowledge on the subject. |
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Quote:Agreed, the picture of the ebay'd coin is PMD not a partial collar or "railroad rim". I want to learn here. Could you please post a picture of a rail road? Single or double RR(?) It would be more than helpful to compare your picture, to my coins. Thanks in advance! |
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Quote:Agreed, the picture of the ebay'd coin is PMD not a partial collar or "railroad rim". Very sad it is a PMD. My only thoughts are ... why I found so many? The other coins were of a lesser or much lesser nature. Is it possible that I am looking energetically for error coins. Respectfully, I believe I will never find a MS(anything) But, Silver yes. Toned yes Tilted partial collar error yes Cuds yes Brake through yes Grease strikes yes Lamination yes Off center not yet, Nothing over 1% - 1.5% Oh well, and thanks for any help |
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Could you please post a picture of a rail road?
Your wish is my command:  I've never heard of anything like a "double" railroad rim. I should think this impossible, as that would require planchet metal spilling off both sides of the collar. And if the collar were in place, it would effectively cover the entire thickness of the planchet so nothing would leak out. And if *everything* were floating loose, no strike would occur because all those pieces would be laying on the floor instead of being in the press. |
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As a 20 year vetrran of railroad work, the reason a reason a railroad coin gets the name is because it resembles that of a railroad wheel.. By definitiin a raiload wheel has a flange this coin to be quite honest looks as tho it has been lathed or otherwise altered. I posted this coin as a railroad error and I didnt follow through with it as my pictures were not the best but by definition this matches what a railroad wheel looks like  with SSuperdave  Edited by rupester
02/14/2014 12:48 pm
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Rubster and SsuperDdave.
May I please have time to get my head around all this new info.
and try to get some up loadable sized pictures,
of some of my stuff
Thank you for all your time and help.
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I'm not ready to dismiss the Ike you posted out-of-hand; all the vectors I can think of capable of causing what it looks like seem that they'd cause obvious collateral damage elsewhere on the coin.
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Edited by coop
02/14/2014 2:52 pm
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