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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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This one caught my eye! Great multi-error Eisenhower Proof to be offered on Heritage Auctions. I would love to have this one, but it sold just last year for $11,700, so I would think it's going to be out of my price range by at least $11,675. https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/197...sults-012417197?-S Eisenhower dollar, PR64
Double Struck on a Clad Half Dollar Planchet197?-S $1 Clad Eisenhower dollar -- Double Struck on a 50C Planchet -- PR64 NGC. 11.2 grams, within tolerance for a clad Kennedy half dollar planchet. The last digit of the date is obscured by the second strike. The primary impression is perfectly centered, with all border legends slightly running off the flan. The secondary impression is offset to the right slightly, creating a "doubled die" appearance on each side. Deep mirroring characterizes the fields, particularly in the areas struck by the second die impression. Dramatic mint errors on Eisenhower dollars are rare, with or without a readable date.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3281 Posts |
Good gracious there's so much going on!
No wonder it sold for 11k!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Makes me think if it may have been a clandestinely made 'Mint sport' on official minting machinery. Just deliberately feed a Half Dollar blank into a minting press that is striking Ikes at the time. Not the first time that mint employees have been dishonest:- How about the 1913 Liberty nickel? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When The Royal Mint was being shut down at Tower Hill in London in 1970, the Mint employees did all sorts of weird concoctions in protest, and threw their products over the perimeter wall so that they couldn't be discovered. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Makes me think if it may have been a clandestinely made 'Mint sport Without a doubt. Especially for a "proof" issue. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Imagine having $12k just to blow on a coin....hopefully one day..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5253 Posts |
I think that @jbuck secretly bought this and did not tell us.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5887 Posts |
That's just amazing. An absolute stunner. Imagine finding something like this in a proof set? I can only dream....  -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2747 Posts |
Crazy error! I like the "E" on the throat.
"Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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Wow! Fantastic error coin!
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Valued Member
United States
440 Posts |
"Out of my price range by at least $11,675" is the greatest thing I've read all day  ... but yeah me too Edited by IsThisAnything
01/17/2021 12:02 am
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United States
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Impressive!  |
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Posted 01/16/2021 08:03 am
