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Pillar of the Community
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This isn't the most exciting thing I've seen lately, but... I have a bag of nickel, dime and quarter webbing bits, and see that stuff for sale all the time. But honestly I've never come across a copper webbing piece before. I did a quick search and really didn't see much similar for sale anywhere either. So while kind of trivial, it might actually be somewhat uncommon. Lincoln Cent mint webbing scrap (copper) - bowtie   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very cool!  Errers and Varietys.
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I have a bag of nickel, dime and quarter webbing bits How does this stuff even get out of the mint? Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Don't see these every day.
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very cool TB - I have a quarter webbing somewhere around here..
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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You do have a talent for finding the different things, congrats
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cool, it has a 70's look to me, maybe 60's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I too have a bunch of webbing that's been chopped up like this, but not copper. I don't think I've ever seen a piece like this one. Really interesting to see. Thanks for posting! 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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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the comments! And interesting that no one else is chiming in saying they've seen these. Just for comparison, here is an image of the various non-copper webbing I've amassed over time and the number of copper ones.  |
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that is a nice pile of scrap webbing! pretty nice.
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Pillar of the Community
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interesting that no one else is chiming in saying they've seen these I have never seen these before. I see now that some are selling on ebay for $4 or $5 each... I would personally not collect these, but apparently there is a market. Thanks for sharing. |
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Pillar of the Community
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nickelsearcher, I assume they sell the scraps to recover some metal cost. Particularly the single-metal versions of copper cents, zinc cents, and nickels, because you could just melt that straight back into the next batch of coin metal sheets.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow!
What a pile of scrap.
I would assume there's no silver?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
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Just a pile of various denomination clad webbing. Most seem to be quarter size but it's just kind of random. And I do believe Brand maybe hit on it. Clad stuff would be harder to recycle, while all copper scraps would just go back in the metal bin to be melted back down.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very interesting. I only recently remember this strip originally by Ken Potter. http://goccf.com/t/395759Here they were talking about the mint started chopping the webbing up into tiny pieces for easier handling and more compact storage, and when you chop up webbing you get...bowties. now examination of the points of the bowtie might be able to tell you if it was punched out of the strip, or if it is from chopping. Or if they are found in mint-sewn bags as part of being cut by mistake when punching the Planchets and would be considered an error on those and how some like that get out of the mint naturally perhaps. |
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Posted 05/04/2024 01:22 am
