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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
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Boy these nails are becoming common. There's another one (a penny I think) that's been posted a few times over the last 6 months. I think it belongs to Fred weinberg. This one is in a very cool looking unusual slab though... I bet this article is just advertising for the sale and it will probably sell to a coin collector that owns a roofing or general construction company lol
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Forum Dad
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The collar would have had to have been removed right? Methinks that needed help.....
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Valued Member
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That is not a roofing nail.
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Forum Dad
United States
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No, that popped right in my head when I read it.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Inflation looms it's ugly head. Now nails cost 10 cents.
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Pillar of the Community
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When coins are minted, how do the blanks find their way under the dies? Are they machine fed, is it even possible for a nail to make it under without somebody deliberately doing this? I have to assume that this was done on purpose by some crafty mint employee right?
Edited by Mayflower2020
12/19/2015 3:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll bet that mint employee is having a good laugh now  |
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Pillar of the Community
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This 'error' was done on purpose.
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Pillar of the Community
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did the nail grade as mint state 65 or the dime?
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Rest in Peace
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I wouldn't give that nail better than a 63. The dime looks 65, though!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coin World article claimed employees had nails around for cleaning out clogged feeder tubes...who knows?
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Pillar of the Community
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A lot of things can go wrong in manufacturing. I don't find it hard to believe that any type of scrap (in this case a nail) found its way into the press. When you're producing billions of coins, stuff like this happens. Definitely a cool piece....and one of many incredible errors for sale in this auction.
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Forum Dad
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I still say the collar was removed. Otherwise the nail ends would have been cut off right?
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Pillar of the Community
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Great question  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Something I just read and tried to copy/paste to no avail leads me to believe the nail would be enough weight to keep the collar below the surface of the anvil die as its spring loaded to avoid damage due to out of collar strikes-
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12/19/2015 4:47 pm
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Posted 12/19/2015 2:12 pm
