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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is very strange! Die scratches in that location and shaped like that do not quite make sense!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It is in the die according to the shadows. I'll need to check mine now....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ohhh, I didn't look at the rest of the pics with the article. Very cool!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe hubbed through a small piece of string that was shaped very well.
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Pillar of the Community
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Honestly I have no idea. Does not look like a punched 5 to me. SSK's theory makes more sense to me. Regardless, with only one or three found it is not, imo, a collectable variety. Certainly would never consider the $2500 price tag. Pareidolia in my opinion..... |
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It's a string/wire strikethrough. Not rocket science, and obviously not a $2500 coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not rocket science But for this novice, a lot of it seems like rocket science!  I guess I am slowly learning thanks to all on the forum!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The shadow area behind the 5 suggests not.
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Pillar of the Community
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What about a Retained Strike Through?  |
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My conspiracy theory is the same mint employee that produced the '52 "Super Bird" still worked at the mint in '66 and made this one as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am wondering about the "Retained Strike Through" idea. I know that it appears to be the same texture as the coin, but could that not be possible if it were struck through a metal shaving from a prior strike? |
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Gosh, if I'd known that was coming up for sale I wouldn't have spent my $2500 on a 1798 PCGS VF-25 Silver Dollar. DARN!
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A strikethrough can manifest as either a positive or negative on the coin - solid wire is quite capable of impressing into a die and becoming a positive "device" on the coin itself.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We would need to find the strike throughs to prove that. So it is either one of two things, what SsuperDdave said or hubbed through string/wire.
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Posted 07/22/2015 08:52 am
