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New Member
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Can I get a quick validation if this coin is a production error coin? Looks like it got stuck in the die and was pressed about 4 times after it was minted. I can see repeated marks on Washington's head that look to be the same. Where do I get a valuation? Can I auction this on one of the big coin auction sites?    *** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! ***Edited by Mud33
05/24/2021 2:42 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This coin was altered. Possible squeezed in a die with other coins. No premium for a damaged coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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  to the CCF! |
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New Member
 United States
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But doesn't the value in these "error" coins come from the fact that this happened during the minting process and these coins shouldn't be in circulation, but since they are, they become more valuable?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Genuine error coins are usually more valuable, but this wasn't made at the mint. It looks like what we call a "vise job," meaning it was squeezed in a vise or something similar with other coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree, NOT a mint error, damage was done post mint ( PMD). Perhaps intentionally damaged. No premium I'm afraid.  tp the CCF!  |
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New Member
United States
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So what you're really saying is that this is "fake error" when you say "vise job?" Interesting.
Edited by Mud33
05/24/2021 4:15 pm
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New Member
United States
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What about the lines through the letters on the reverse side and the lines at the bottom of George's head/neck area?
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New Member
United States
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Your observation of being squeezed with other coins is also incorrect, because if you look at the top of George's head, it would have to be made with a cut out circle as it stairsteps down as you get closer to the edge which means the coin would have been pressed up against a hole. I don't know where the coin came from except for the small point that my grandfather collected bicentennial coins, which then caused my mother to collect them. So all I know is that it was either picked up by my grandfather, who hasn't been around for a few decades or my mother, to which she would have saved it if she noticed it when she was given change.
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New Member
United States
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I've been reading about fake error coins. What about George's face, it seems pretty clean, I would expect to find it a bit smashed from whatever created the other marks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Top of coin is a vise jobs,   the bottom is coin wrapper damage.  Regardless, the coin is damaged and no premium for a damaged coin. Edited by coop
05/24/2021 5:40 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Your observation of being squeezed with other coins is also incorrect You came here seeking answers, but it seems you already have them. Best of luck. |
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How about a full obverse picture directly over the coin to see everything better and in prospective - angled shots leave details looking distorted.
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Full coin pics of both sides would be nice.  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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Pillar of the Community
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These error's aren't hard to duplicate after it leaves the Mint, its a long education process but a enjoyable one once you understand the process.
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Posted 05/24/2021 2:54 pm
