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I just bought this one... and am waiting for it to hit my mailbox. It is a real head-scratcher and contains multiple errors:  only 1 gram in weight definitely not bronze struck off-centre (out of collar) uniface strike, with possible ghosting effect It will come out of the NGC holder when I get it, in order to figure out the composition (by XRF) and try to figure out what this thing is, or was intended to be...   "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Wow, that is very strange looking. Thanks for the photos of this interesting coin.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What did the NGC holder say?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What did the NGC holder say? That's what I'm wondering too. |
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Struck on a smaller planchet (1.0 g), mint error, uniface "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice one! Do update us when it comes in and when you get the chance to analyze it.
Never seen something like that before
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Rest in Peace
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I never have that type of luck with coins..Good one SPP
Robert
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That's a beautiful coin SPP.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That certainly is a WOW error.  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Those two are both very interesting!
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Valued Member
United States
460 Posts |
Both of these coins were indented into another cent planchet as evidenced by the uniface reverse and no flow lines along incomplete design edge. There is also rounding of the planchet edges on the reverse. We sure would like to have the mated host coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Wow again Zimmy, just curious if yours is the same weight? Cant believe how much they look alike.
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Valued Member
United States
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I will have to check on the weight later tonight but I think SPP's is lighter and made of a different metal composition.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Diameter? Could it be struck on Costa Rica Five Centimos 1976 mintage 30,000,000 Copper Nickel 1 g 15 mm Panama Two and a Half Centesimos 1976 mintage 20,000 Cupro Nickel Clad Copper 1.02 g 10 mm Source: http://www.coinscan.com/for/foreign.html |
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United States
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Mine weighs 1.03 grams and the shortest diameter is about 15.6MM. Hard to measure inside a plastic slab. Although weight and diameter fits the above coins, it seems like my color is too bronze for those compositions. The diameter would make it closer to the Costa Rica coin.
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Posted 03/18/2015 12:09 pm
