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Gunbarrelcoins here, I'm a collector of Indian Head cents, Buffalo nickels, Sacagawea dollars, and what ever else strikes my interest. Happened to by a couple of the March of Dimes sets and got a Reverse Proof dime with a struck through wire that looks like a backward j on FDR's cheek. I'll work on getting a better picture.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by gunbarrelcoins
05/10/2015 01:14 am
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 I moved your post to the section for modern error coins  |
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Not sure if it is struck through wire, nevertheless some sort of debris has gotten itself stuck between planchet and die.
It shouldn't happen with a non business strike. That would make this example at least scarce.
Looks like quality control at the Mint is slipping a bit, when they are supposed to be trying.
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Welcome to Coin Community, gunbarrelcoins. Clearer images would be necessary to specifically opine on the nature of what struck through, but it sure looks like a strikethrough. These Dimes are already being posted about, as having miscellaneous things blamable on Mint carelessness. Yours isn't the first and they were just issued. I think we'll get some mileage here at CCF out of this issue.  |
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This is a sharper image. I don't have a great camera for the super close up.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I often find stuff like this on the older proof nickels. Some still in mint cello have marks like this:  Often more of a distraction. |
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Interesting find. I think it could be a wire. Just look at the shape. But because of the thickness I think it might be thread.
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Probably just struck through lint or similar. Not enough to be a collectible error. I'd return to Mint.
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Normally proof coins struck through small strands of lint, thread or similar are ignored by error collectors. They have to be more massive than what is on your coin. Here is a cool one on a 2003-S Clad Proof Missouri State Quarter. This coin boasts a very interesting "Strike Through" in the form of a looped piece of wire, thread or something below and virtually hanging from the arch. Submitted by John Bowers in 2003. If I owned your coin, I'd be returning it to the Mint for an exchange.  Edited by koinpro
05/10/2015 1:54 pm
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In terms of marketability the key is whether a TPG will grade it as a struck through, if they do it's likely worth a hefty premium. If they don't its likely worth less than an ordinary problem free example. |
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ive seen posts - suggesting that a thread is the cause of some of the struck through errors. I'm just a novice here - but it seem hard to believe that something so soft as a piece of thread - can actually have any affect on something so harad as a metal coin - being hammered bt an even harder die. just saying...
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Actually, when something is pressed between metal dies with tons of force, it can leave an impression in a coin/planchet. It's really not a matter of the lint, thread or what have you "denting" a metal planchet but more of the metal of the planchet flowing around the thread. Metal can't go where it can't go as it cannot occupy the same space as the offending object.
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05/10/2015 10:38 pm
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Ken I found one that had the fiber like material still on it:   |
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Coop, nice example! jack jeckel, you too! Edited by koinpro
05/10/2015 10:41 pm
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