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Valued Member
United States
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In my limited learning so far, this looks like some kind of planchet separation? Would this happen post strike? What might be the value? Thanks!   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Any chance of getting the weight?
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Moderator
 United States
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Could be PSD or might be an error. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Edited by coop
11/02/2017 2:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Coop. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Agree, doe look like a split planchet! Wher'ed you find it?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very cool, congrats.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is a Split Planchet. Congratulations on the find! Where did you find this? Welcome to CCF!
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
 United States
114 Posts |
Hi all, Thanks for the welcome! It weighs 2.7g. My uncle was a coin collector all his life and encouraged me to start in my teens. He gave his collection to me and his daughter. I'm in the initial process of characterizing both his and my collection. Is this a coin I should send to a TPG? Thanks again! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Planchet split after striking. No sure why you should have it slabbed. It is obvious what it is, and is the grade really that important? All the value is in the error.
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Moderator
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Somewhere there is a tail with no head.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is a neat find. Over the past 50 years I have found three of them.....one Buffalo nickel, one silver War Nickel and one regular Jefferson nickel. All of mine are from the 1930's and 40's. I believe it is due to improper annealing. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree , Split planchet after strike. Here is a pic of a 1960-D cent that split before strike and a 1924 Buffalo nickel that split after strike. They are both oriented so the internal striations of the metal are shown moving in the same direction  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, great pics and thanks all for the learning opportunity!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I believe it is due to improper annealing Actually goes back the melting and and mixing of the metals in the melt. There were bubbles in the melt and in the ingot cast from it. When the ingot is rolled the bubble trapped inside gets spread out but the metal above and below the bubble are not joined together. If the bubble is large enough, about the diameter of the coin r larger, and the blank is punched from the strip where the bubble is, the planchet can split like this. |
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Posted 11/02/2017 2:06 pm
