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PCGS - From 1870, J-793a pairs the reverse of a Two Cent with the reverse of silver twenty five cent. To make this coin, Mint employees rolled copper and silver together to form a bi-metallic alloy. Only one example is known.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow, never heard of that one!
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United States
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Yikes that is an oddity--bimetallic and bi-denominated. Looks like the two layers didn't bond together very well.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Pillar of the Community
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It was in the King Farouk Collection, quite a pedigree!
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Very interesting!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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All right, I gotta be that guy.
This does not seem to fall under the definition of a pattern.
Don't get me wrong, it's really cool and all that. I'd like to have it for sure.
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Just one word. Why? Just two words; Why what? |
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Just one word. Why? To sell to a collector. |
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If mint employees tried to make that sort of mint sport today, they would end up in jail.
These days, mint errors have to be genuine, and not some sort of impossible concoction.
Patterns, design and die trials need to be made. These should never leave the Mint, either, although sometimes these types of mint product are officially sold or are given away by the Mint, and are thus become legal.
Genuine errors in some cases, can be quite common, and are unknowingly or deliberately released into circulation and the mint is very tolerant of poor mint product being found in circulation, because after release, they can do very little about it.
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These days, mint errors have to be genuine, and not some sort of impossible concoction. Right like two tailed quarters, proof quarters struck on coins decades older, dollar/quarter mules, dimes struck on nails, dual denominations with smaller coins struck on larger pre-struck coins etc. |
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Posted 06/13/2019 8:00 pm
