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New Member
United States
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Newbie here so please be patient, I'm still learning. I found a 2005 Kansas quarter that appears to have an extra T below the T in Trust and above the P mint mark. I have no idea what to call it is this an error? are there more like it? I have searched the internet and figure I'm not searching for the right thing. I've found nothing so far. Any help would be greatlyappreciated! also this is my first post and have read the rules about things so forgive me if it isn't quite right. Thanks for all the great info so far!      |
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Moderator
 United States
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 Is in raised or indent? Might be a "dropped letter" John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2376 Posts |
The extra T looks to be incuse ( below the surface).
If so it would be called a dropped letter.
Basically a recessed T in the die became filled with a grease mixture that hardened the fell out onto a fresh planchet out of position and the was struck into the new planchet.
Very nice.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19173 Posts |
Raised or sunken (incuse)...?
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New Member
 United States
8 Posts |
It is not raised. Thank you for helping me!
does this sort of thing happen often?
Is this one worth keeping in my collection?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21616 Posts |
to the CCF I agree that it is a Dropped Letter. Looks like the T from TRUST., There should be a bit of a premium to a collector, don't see this often. |
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New Member
United States
8 Posts |
Thanks so much! I'm actually collecting to pass on to my daughter
so this will be added!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice find.  |
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Moderator
United States
56855 Posts |
It is Air-Tite capsule worthy. John1 |
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Moderator
United States
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very cool - nice dropped letter.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
That would be easy to do with a Dremel and steady hands. Maybe this happened during the TP hoard? I'm always a little skeptical of these types of things. Ideas? If it's raised then yes, a dropped "T". |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What you have is a dropped letter error. The Dropped Letter is a relatively scarce error with its origins in the common Filled Die or Grease Filled Die errors but they are becoming more common actually the past decade. When debris, (often referred to by error collectors as "grease"), clog a die, it may after a few strikes, become compressed within cavities of the die such as numerals, letters or even areas of design. Even after the offending material has been dispersed from the field of the die through the striking of coins, it may remain intact within these recesses. Later the offending material falls out intact, like Jello from a mold, and becomes struck by the obverse die into the next coin. The result can be a perfectly shaped incuse letter struck into the coin with a bit of the offending material still retained sometimes. These type of errors are always sought after and carry a premium even as they are found more commonly than the past. https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/200...0151-91499.s |
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Valued Member
United States
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That is really cool, thanks for sharing it. I never saw anything like that before. Learned something new today!
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Valued Member
United States
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Really cool find. I  with John1 if you are keeping for a long time get a Air-Tite capsule. And keep your finger-prints off.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF and nice find. dsking, there is no way this could be done with a dremel, try it and show results. Dropped letter would not be raised. It would either be incused, ( fell out) or level with the field (retained). Edited by Cujohn
02/13/2023 8:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice dropped letter with excellent eye appeal given where it is.
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Posted 02/13/2023 3:11 pm
