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Valued Member
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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ohhhh not good to hold a coin like this in your fingers like that! Inexpensive cotton gloves can be found at any hobby shop.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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True...I normally don't but this coin is pretty circulated.
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07/14/2020 02:03 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's pretty cool. I'm sure someone would pay a premium for it, but I don't know how much.  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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If you have 100% pure acetone I would give it a quick dip and then put it in a 2x2 that fits a quarter so you can see the edge. John1  |
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Will do John1...thanks.
What would you think a premium would be on such a mint error?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No idea, but most interesting and well-photographed.
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Just a guess at value,$20-50 John1 |
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Valued Member
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That's what I was thinking John...thanks C-Frog!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice! A wonderful error.
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Hhmmm, pretty cool.I tend to run across error coins a bit lately. Insofar as a premium is concerned. I would venture that between ten and fifty percent of the coins graded value would be close to the mark. An obsessed collector may pay several times that. It all depends on how bad they want it. One of the shops I used to frequent sold damaged Mercuries like that for five bucks, especially the 1944. My question would be, when did the crack occur ? In the milling process ? Or from inordinate pressure in the chamber ? Knowing the answer to such questions should certainly increase any potential premium.
All the best.
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Valued Member
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Thank you Saint Stephen, I believe it is a cracked plainchant and it happened before the strike due the weakness in the "Y" in liberty. Very possible to have happened during.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice circulated error, most would think that it is post mint damage, lack of quality control during the war time era caused many error during production.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice 103070! Finally a legitimate mint error you don't need arrows to see!  ! |
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Type of error that error collectors look for.
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My question would be, when did the crack occur ? During the rolling of the ingot into strip. If the ingot is improperly annealed or contains impurities it can become brittle. It then develops cracks at the edges of the strip. The crack extended into the area this blank was punched from. |
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