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Second to last of the error slabs I'm posting this weekend. This will be an upgrade to an AU I have in my collection. It's still not the coin I'd like to have, but it's a lot better than the one in there up to this point. I am unsure about how they know this was struck on a blank vs a planchet, so if anyone has insight into that I'd like to know. Most of these I've seen slabbed say they were struck on a 1C planchet, so maybe this is more rare? I don't know. The coin doesn't look the grade in the pics, but in hand it has excellent luster and while maybe a stretch, probably is honestly RB. 1980-P Jefferson nickel mint error - struck on 1C blank    |
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It just makes one wonder if this is an example of a mint employee assisted error, where the tossed a blank cent into the nickel hopper? To me, a blank is interchangeable with a planchet.
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A blank and a planchet are different things. A blank has not yet gone through the upsetting mill and has no proto rim like a planchet does.
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11/07/2021 10:14 pm
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I thought that was the case in general, but thanks for clarifying.
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Super cool! Always love double denomination coins.
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Edited by CoinHunter27
11/08/2021 12:21 am
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Generally speaking, a double denomination needs to be struck twice, once from each denomination. This is more of an off-metal error.
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You're right, clearly I need some sleep.  -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Very cool, your error collection seems amazing and very extensive @tropicalbats.
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Tropicalbats is the 'Error King' I have often wondered how he files all these coins to keep them straight.
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Thanks all! Oh yes, filing coins. Well the varieties are easy, since dates go in order and attribution numbers go in order, you just put them in order by DDO, DDR and RPM. Errors are more difficult, as there are quite a number of different ones. So do you file by date and then put in all errors for that date? Too hard to find anything. So I have them separated by general error category, and then chucked in as I find them and add binder pages as needed. Around the end of every year I have an organizational festival and actually sort things by year and whatnot and shuffle things around and maybe add another category if I have enough examples. |
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Very neat coin. Thanks for sharing, Bats!  |
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Its definitely possible that few blanks are left/stuck in the chamber before clearing out for the next round of denomination, and the cent is smaller than a nickel. I have one with the cent strike on a dime blank.
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