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Forum Dad
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Moderator
United States
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Fantastic example. Thanks for sharing.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Excellent! I've yet to come across any dropped character.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Excellent specimen.
This one may be bolder but the one in the link sure is neat with the filled letters "right there" for easy comparison.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, dropped grease fills are neat and this is a great example! Wish there was a full coin photo though.
"Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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Valued Member
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OK .. I must admit that I have never heard of a dropped character. Can someone please explain this error to me and how it occurs? thanks
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Moderator
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Very nice 'dropped letter' @A1agrl: What happens is that grease fills up a die (a letter in this case) and it can dry out and harden. then at some point it (the grease) falls out of the die and either lands on the planchet or get stuck to a different location on the die. then when the die comes down the hardened grease will act as a part of the die and make an impression of hte 'dropped letter' https://www.error-ref.com/?s=dropped+letter |
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Forum Dad
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Just to add.. .they can be oriented correctly or backwards depending on how the dropped hardened grease falls.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow. This may be the nicest example of a dropped letter I've seen.
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Valued Member
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Very cool! Another new one.. I'm starting to feel slightly embarrassed over how little I've actually learned after years of searching  |
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Moderator
United States
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Just to add.. .they can be oriented correctly or backwards depending on how the dropped hardened grease falls. Good point - no wonder you are the Boss here - (or was it troll?)  |
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Forum Dad
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Forum Dad
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This one may be bolder but the one in the link sure is neat with the filled letters "right there" for easy comparison. You're 100% right, the Nickel wins the coolness factor, but this one wins the boldness factor. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pretty cool example! Dropped letter errors are amazing.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Both very cool examples!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for posting the image. These help give us some idea of just how hard the imbedded grease/debris can get.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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