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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not sure on this one but I like the look of it. You can see the bust outline but only barely and the reverse is struck up nicely. Coin weighs 4.95g.    Edited by CoinHI
11/01/2023 7:21 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think it was Struck Through an early stage Die Cap.
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
11/01/2023 8:03 pm
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I'll go with die cap here..
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Pillar of the Community
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I also agree it was struck through an early-stage die cap, specifically a uniface die cap. The rough surface is unusual. Either the cap itself developed this odd texture or the working face of the die cap acquired a thin layer of coarse "grease".
Error coin writer and researcher.
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A fascinating pick-up for your collection @coinhi and always nice to have @mike weighing in on something unusual.
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Pillar of the Community
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Really neat with the undulating texture on the obv.
Is the small greenish areas where you think some mint grease residue might still be visible?
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the comments!
There is some design visible on the obverse, such as the top curve of the head and the lower left side slant of the jacket so I'm not sure if this is a uniface die cap. Could it also be struck through late stage cap with a thick layer of coarse grease?
I don't think the greenish area is grease, but you would think with that much grease covering the cap that some would remain in the rough areas possibly.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would suggest that the uniface die cap Mike talks about may have been a split planchet. That would be a relatively simple way to put such a pattern on this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Good eye TB . A split nickel planchet could have a similar pattern. Here is a split Buffalo that I had.  |
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Nice example!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the feedback on this TB. I thought about a split die cap but figured there would be more linear striations visible. Maybe this wasn't the first strike and those striations got ironed out.
Great example Stoneman, and you can still make out the buffalo outline similar to what we see here. Since this design was transferred, it is not as defined.
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As is the case with many struck-through errors, it is possible to come up with a number of plausible hypotheses. I presented the one that seems most likely to me, but I cannot exclude some of the other possibilities that have been proposed.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for taking a look Mike!
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