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Two possible ways:
1). A 1961 cent was hung up (or left in) a piece of equipment and eventually broke loose and found its way back into the coining press 39 years later. Possible? Yes, but highly unlikely.
2). Somebody at the mint was "messing around" and tossed a 1961 cent in with the the coin blanks and deliberately made an error coin. Most likely this is what happened.
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That is sad. I don't get how mint assisted errors are valuble.
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Heck, they tell a story I guess. Not necessarily a positive story but an interesting story.
Edited by CoinHuntingDrew
03/17/2015 12:01 am
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Wow, what a story.. thanks Coop
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They have a story they lose big,with egg all over them. Not interesting its a joke.
Philly Mint just needs to have the doors closed on them and a new Mint put in place with pride in a better "State" of mind.
It happens because losers with no sense get cocky,do things they are not to be doing.
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I agree silverworld11, it is sad and a shame. All for greed and stupidity.
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I'm quite surprised that was eligable to be graded encapsulated by NGC, if I remember correctly when the infamous 1972 struck over a 1964 silver quarter popped up it was refused grading by either NGC or PCGS because it was an intentional error.
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That quarter was never sent to NGC. Just PCGS and they refused.
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The grading services have never had a problem with grading intentional errors. As for the nickel-on-cent under discussion, one must remember that finished cent planchets are supplied by outside vendors. It's possible that, on a lark, one of their employees threw in an old cent, and it just happened to make it into a nickel press, same as the occasional unstruck cent planchet. That said, it's still more likely, in my view, that it had help from start to finish.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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the infamous 1972 struck over a 1964 silver quarter Too bad some people made the original thread a mess. This is what we have... https://goccf.com/t/54638 |
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As for the nickel-on-cent under discussion, one must remember that finished cent planchets are supplied by outside vendors. It's possible that, on a lark, one of their employees threw in an old cent, and it just happened to make it into a nickel press, Frankly that seems very likely to me, and possibly more likely than an assisted error. I would be surprised if mint employees are allowed to carry coins on them when they go onto the press floor. True they could smuggle some on but I'm not sure why they would risk it. |
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