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Well, did get ya here! Been working on a training "tome" for newbies. It's taken some research and LOTS of learning on my part to work through various topics. While going over the subject of error coins, those which seem to be a great portion of newbie posts, my favorite has been the Man-made errors, as some have seen me reference "Little Johnnie in the Garage with______" in various posts. While trying to give my mind a break, I put together this "humorous" diagram. It does describe a named, man-made error. Can any of you name it? Answer given in one hour   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Little Johnnie in the Garage with too much time on his hands. Making double struck, and off center strikes.
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Off-planchet? (wrong planchet) P.S. I knew it had to be a post by Crazyb0 when I read the title.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
07/27/2017 12:02 am
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Pillar of the Community
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 My brain can't think that fast this time of the night. But, I will get in an answer by the deadline. |
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Okay, I am going say a dual denomination coin.
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Full Indent error.
Errers and Varietys.
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All of you had great guesses, and yea, some may possibly be stamped off center etc., but here's the answer. Theresult produced is called a "Soft Die error". My diagram is just one way you can make it. The other way is to squeeze a coin into a soft metal blank, attach that reversed image to a piece of bar stock and stamp with it that way. End results will mostly look like below, a very bad job, shame on you Johnnie! http://www.error-ref.com/counterfeit-dies/ Thanks for playing along  |
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So is it worth anything now?  |
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TNG, I'm sure you have some time on your hands now that you've sold your boat and no longer fish, why not try this and sell a few?  |
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 Very Interesting - Thanks for Tonights lesson |
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TNG, I'm sure you have some time on your hands now that you've sold your boat and no longer fish, why not try this and sell a few? I would but I can't tell the difference between a real one and a fake one, they might get mixed up with each other and I don't want to rip myself off! |
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From error-ref: Quote:The above images show a replicated 1919(P) Lincoln Cent that was manufactured by counterfeit dies on a soft white metal blank weighing 3.4 grams. So, I guess I was partially correct.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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So being that steel is considerably harder than copper, one should theoretically be able to make a 1943 copper with the above technique.
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Read Numismatic Forgery by Charles Larson. Enlightening, and frightening.
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Condor, yes, today's Little Johnnie's will become tomorrow's expert forgers...based upon that, the observation of today's visionless college graduates wanting everything for nothing, will make a mess out of everything! (Transliteration in reverse!)   Edited by Crazyb0
07/27/2017 1:15 pm
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Posted 07/26/2017 11:55 pm
