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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I picked this out of circulation recently, and as I am no expert on errors I would like someone to confirm or deny my suspicion that it is a Greaser. Everything appears normal except for the fact that the last date digit is missing, causing the date to appear as '200-D'. There are some tiny marks visible in hand that suggest a '4'. Sorry for the poor photos, taken with a phone camera.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It looks like a struck through error. (grease) What does the edge of the coin look like?
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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The edge appears normal, but here's a photo anyway.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are coins' edges usually affected by strike-throughs? By the way, this is my first error find besides two clips on Lincolns ('54-S & '56-D from a bag), a 1917 DDO from an album and a 43/2-P War Nickel. Any estimate on the coin's worth? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I can't answer your first question.
As for the second question....I think it's not worth much, if anything, above face. The greasers that I see for sale have larger areas affected. Having written that...it's still possible to get a premium for it if you find the right customer.
Mostly, these are a lot more fun to find than they are to buy.
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Pillar of the Community
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I plan on keeping it, but not selling. Just a fun find.
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Rest in Peace
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Edges are usually unaffected by grease. The vertical reeding of the collar allows grease an easy exit at top and bottom.
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I think coop was wondering if there was a collar issue. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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All right. Worthless my clipped planchets, but hey, it's still an error. Thanks for all the input.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Are coins' edges usually affected by strike-throughs? They can be if the object being struck through is a solid and overlaps the edge of the planchet. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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This was kind of common when the first 2000 once came out. I used to kid people saying the Mint just ran out of room for all those 0's so they just left one out. I think I've got about 10 of those. For some reason this happened a lot with Dimes in the early 2000's.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nickels were also Struck Through Grease a lot in 2000. Not sure if other coins were affected like this for that year. |
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Posted 05/18/2015 6:45 pm
