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lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 02/22/2006 6:11 pm Any thoughts/comments? Report this Post to the Staff

Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 02/22/2006 7:27 pm Definitely looks like it was struck through something... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 02/23/2006 03:23 am Looks to me as if someone said, "I wonder what'll happen if I put a few drops of concentrated acid down here?" [:0] I'd want to be fairly sure of the provenance ie. "it came straight out of a mint bag" before calling it a mint error. But then, I'm no error expert. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
thesandpit Valued Member 119 Posts	Posted 02/25/2006 05:16 am quote: Looks to me as if someone said, "I wonder what'll happen if I put a few drops of concentrated acid down here?" It does seem like that at times; however that turns out not to be the case. I've seen similar ones that I've taken straight out of rolls such as this one I found in a Dancing Man roll just after Christmas. Report this Post to the Staff
thekidcollector Forum Kid Kuwait 1523 Posts	Posted 02/25/2006 07:21 am Looks a bit corroded but gone through some chemical. Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 02/25/2006 09:06 am Well, there is one way I know of finding out whether it is a Mint error or a man made error, and that is by sending it to a TPG for authentication.... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 02/25/2006 09:40 am Sandpit: I see your point. Would "lustre" at the bottom of the pit be an indication of "error" as opposed to "acid"? Yours seems to have lustre down there; can't tell from the lighting on Lim's example. I wouldn't think that post-mint chemical treatment would look lustrous. I suppose it would depend on exactly what the intruding object was. BTW, Lim, congrats on 1000 posts. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Fulvio New Member Australia 14 Posts	Posted 02/27/2006 11:43 pm Have you weighed it? Report this Post to the Staff
thesandpit Valued Member 119 Posts	Posted 03/13/2006 09:33 am This Dancing Man dollar is even more spectacular. Unfortunately it came from the end of a roll so the rolling machine scraped it. Report this Post to the Staff
secretsquirrel Valued Member Australia 161 Posts	Posted 03/13/2006 10:07 am Acid looks different. It will leave a hole outlining any raised area it touched. While the lettering would be eaten away alot there would be a deep outline around it. These are all great examples of Struck Through Grease. Report this Post to the Staff
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