81 Cent On Nickel Planchet? On Ebay? Counterfeit/Fake Or Real?

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SilverBeagle New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 12:38 pm Ran into a very bizarre error coin on ebay and wanted some input, everything about it seems "off" but the PCGS Cert checks back and the seller has feedback over 2000 (100% positive). Considering he wants $225,000 for it I'm by no means trying to buy it, but you think he's for real or another ebay hoax? 251377244021 Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 12:51 pm It is probably a mint assisted error. It was made at the mint. But these are probably the case of someone putting a nickel planchet into the machine setup for cents without the collar in place. Striking the nickel planchet and bending it. Sometimes they get stuck to the obverse die. It was not part of a normal run, just someone playing around with the machine. If caught they would probably had been fired. But it got out of the mint in a mint bag. Report this Post to the Staff
Slamnbass Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 3:02 pm This guy also has a dime struck on cent planchet pcgs for 15k Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 3:18 pm If your going to dream, Dream big. He's looking for that one person with deep pockets.His high dollars coins have been on & off ebay for a few years now Report this Post to the Staff
rottnrog Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 4:22 pm He is a well known error collector and dealer. Report this Post to the Staff
pyrbob Rest in Peace United States 1943 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 4:52 pm The other error he has is a dime struck on cent stock and not a dime struck on a cent planchet. So the second error is not necessarily an assisted error. But I agree with coop on the nickel. It feels assisted to me. Report this Post to the Staff
jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4692 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 5:03 pm That price is ridiculous for an obscure error. Report this Post to the Staff
Slamnbass Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 12/27/2014 5:51 pm Probably does not want to really let them go so one puts a price like this on them-hey, if someone buys them then it's not really a ridicule price is it? Ya never know... Report this Post to the Staff
mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2737 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 10:49 am A genuine mint product, but one that was intentionally struck. Several 1981 cent obverse designs are known to have been struck on larger planchets and larger coins (such as SBA dollars). There is also one dime obverse struck on a cent die cap. All these strikes are uniface, suggesting that the individual responsible for these intentional errors had a limited supply of dies to work with. By the way, the cupping you see is the normal outcome of a single uniface strike. The 1998-P dime on "cent stock" was incorrectly described by PCGS. It's a dime design struck on a cut-down cent planchet. All these coins have had the zinc core exposed around the edge, which tells you the cent planchet was originally normal and was resized after plating. Error coin writer and researcher. Edited by mikediamond 12/28/2014 10:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
SilverBeagle New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 3:27 pm Interesting, I guess there was someone running amok in the mint that year Report this Post to the Staff
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81 Cent On Nickel Planchet? On Ebay? Fake Or Real?