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Valued Member
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Coin I'm looking at on ebay. Noticed some damage on the reverse side of the coin, would like to know if y'all think it's circulation or die damage. Let me know what you think. Thanks John1 for the advice on the free optimizer. Hopefully it works. Lol  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Forgot to add a picture &   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It looks like a planchet flaw. There wasn't enough metal in the planchet crevice to raise the E in CENTS fully as well as in a small portion of the C.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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, lol, n.s., I was going to say about the same thing, looks like a small lamination and looks mint state to me. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
Yup. You could call this the "Five Gents" variety because the C looks like a G to me.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Well it is a good looking coin. If the price is right...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Whatever the cause, wouldn't want to pay full value for this extremely common coin.
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
Took the chance, was 75, almost 80 with shipping. Will see when I get it.
Thanks guys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Let us know what you think it is when you have it in hand. I'm leaning towards lam.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a small lamination peel to me as well. FS-512 OMM-002 centered. Price sounds right assuming it comes back mid MS
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Valued Member
United States
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Lol, forgive the noob, what does that mean, sheldius?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A lam is short for lamination, where foreign debris happens to get into the strip of metal causing it to weaken and strip off during the rolling to make the strip of metal the proper thickness to punch out the blanks to be minted into coins. Now you have a blank planchet ready to go be minted, but with literal strips of metal either missing or barely attached from that foreign material. I may have missed a few steps, but that is how I understand this error in a nutshell  . |
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Posted 12/06/2021 5:25 pm
