Is This An Error Or Did Someone Try To Melt It? (An Ebay Listing)

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Dearborn Moderator United States 95360 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 02:47 am Is this an error or did someone try to melt it? (an ebay listing) ebay item number:144059438379 Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff

Scuba1 Valued Member United States 356 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 02:59 am No way can I see that being Mint made. Just looked at it on ebay. The first pic on the listing I believe tells it all. It is oblong and misshaped. Looks like a torch job to me. Hang on.....I HAVE to try to recreate that!!!!! Edited by Scuba1 06/07/2021 03:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 03:42 am Doesn't look like any legit error to me. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 06:06 am The obv looks normal, but the rev has extra material melted onto it--looks like solder to me. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95360 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 08:10 am Yep, My conclusion as well. Just wanted to share this. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 08:46 am That's how I see it as well. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 09:33 am It maybe solder added to both sides? The weight would be over. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 11:15 am Looks like a torch job to me, they found an occluded gas bubble or air pocked in the metal and it puffed up upon heating, is my guess. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
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