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Pillar of the Community
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Solid 63, could be a 64 on a good day. (The scuff mark on the face doesn't help the cause!)
It is a nice coin.
As always, everything depends on how much you paid for it.
Just continue to cautiously buy and post your purchases for help.
Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
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Solid MS-63. The chatter on the face is distracting but an over all beautiful coin.
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I give current market value for MS 63
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Does anyone know what is going on with the band not being complete .. I seen another 1916 s in AU with the same issue.
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Rest in Peace
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That's weird because the top set and bottom set of bands look full split , but the center bands don't even show any line at all. nice coin overall. except
for scuff on face. MS-64
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Does anyone know what is going on with the band not being complete Probably grease on the die. |
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What I am talking about is right below the middle band , the vertical band coming up from the bottom band starts getting wide in the middle and then it's all messed up..
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The planchets (blanks) of the unstamped coins have a little oil on them to help in the minting process. After a while the oil residue becomes grease and it will fill up some areas of the die. When details of the die get filled with grease those details will not be transferred to the coin. What I am seeing here is grease filling the die where the details have dropped out. The rest of the coin looks well stamped but certain details will not show at all. This is characteristic of a Grease Filled Die. |
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Does that fall into varieties or errors (mistakes)?
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Pillar of the Community
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No unfortunately it doesn't. It is a very common occurrence. Keep your eyes open for it for now on and you'll see it from time to time, especially on wheat cents and Mercury dimes. |
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Ok.. I guess it doesn't effect the grade any.. here is another shot of the area as the outside lighting is better today.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Coins like this are commonly referred to as "greasers".
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Thanks for your help and lesson..
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Pillar of the Community
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That's what we're here for.  |
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Hey gold, just a side note but on larger coins like morgans grease strike throughs do get slabbed as error coins depending on how the grease effected the devices. For instance I have a morgan with the D in dollar completely gone from grease filling that letter before the coin was struck.
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