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https://www.greatcollections.com/Co...s-from-photoI just had to share this. What a fantastic error piece being offered by GreatCollections. How was this coin made, I have no idea. I doubt it circulated, was probably a pocket piece. What a shame that it wasn't kept in its original top condition. What's even crazier is the guy who owns this found it at a coin show in a bin of Indian Head cents! Some people just have all the luck!!
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Most likely a mint employee "assisted" error. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Zounds!  |
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United States
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I will have to do more reading on this coin. What a neat coin, and thank you for sharing! I am curious what the hammer price will be, as it is pretty high already.
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Wow, pretty amazing coin.
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United States
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Unusual coin. Price seems much higher than I would have expected, but someone wants it! Thanks for posting.
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Wow - that's completely unexpected. Surely this was an error assisted by a mint employee.
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No that's a cherry-pick!! Tough to top that one for sure! How high will it go?
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Edited by Everest
09/17/2022 05:14 am
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I cannot help thinking the possibility that it is a Mint employee 'mint sport', somewhat like a 1913 Liberty Head Nickel.
I also cannot help thinking that some minor giveaway diagnostic may have been disguised by 'jingling' it, to simulate circulation wear. Why this may? have been done I can only speculate, and will keep those to myself. That seven others may also exist, despite the assertion that it is unique, also has me thinking.
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there are at least seven others known and documented by Heritage The Great Collections coin was overstruck on a gold Mexican 5 peso, not on a quarter eagle like the Heritage example, so it probably is unique. There is a lot of circulation wear, so it seems possible that it was carried for years as a pocket piece by a mischievous mint worker. Still a great error! |
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Thank you for pointing that out Zurie.It certainly is most likely unique in that regards. Several of the other Indian Head gold cents that Heritage documented were struck on planchets weighing more than the standard weight of Quarter Eagles at the time.
Interesting times at the Mint around the turn of the century.
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@sel_69 Perhaps some mint worker put an already struck gold 5 pesos piece under the dies, and then did some work after the coin was made to cover up any underlying features that would give it away that the gold "planchet" was really a Mexican 5 peso coin? Kind of like those old 1804 Bank of England silver dollars that were struck on old 8 reales pieces. The uncirculated versions have features that tell you it was struck over an old Mexican 8 reales, but worn examples not so much. Somewhat similar to this topic:   Check out this old Buffalo nickel error struck on a half eagle planchet Link: https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/191...nail-071515# |
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A first for me re the gold Nickel ! - interesting. I might put a bid in for it, if it ever comes up for auction.  |
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