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I think I understand whats being said here. But if the strike thru was caused by foreign matter and not the die itself then what significance does it have as a collectable ? Would there be a VAM assigned ? Is that why your sending it in ? Thank you. |
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@Silverskunk a VAM is a specific die variety, distinguished from other varieties by subtle differences in the design. A strike through is considered a "Mint Error", that is a defect in the coin that occurred during the minting process. The reason I sent it to PCGS was both to verify the nature of the damage (whether it's an actual strike through or post-mint damage) as well as to have it preserved as it would be one of the more significant strike through errors I've seen on a Morgan. |
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... the Reverse has a Main strike through, I noticed it's raised in appearance... A strikethrough is incuse. My perception gets "inverted" sometimes where an incuse area on a coin will look raised, but I'm confident these areas are incuse. In general, a strikethrough is foreign matter that has gotten between one of the dies and the planchet. That will leave an incuse (recessed) impression of the object. There is the chance this was damage to the planchet before the strike. This is still a nice error, whatever it turns out to be. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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04/29/2025 06:50 am
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I have to agree with Hondo. One nice strike through, and a lot of scrapes. Even if I already didn't respect Hondo's observations already in my short time here I'd have to agree with him on this even with my untrained eye. The scrapes just seem so obvious and jagged, the last set of pictures removed any doubt. Check me off with Hondo on this one. |
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Quote:@Silverskunk a VAM is a specific die variety, distinguished from other varieties by subtle differences in the design. A strike through is considered a "Mint Error", that is a defect in the coin that occurred during the minting process. The reason I sent it to PCGS was both to verify the nature of the damage (whether it's an actual strike through or post-mint damage) as well as to have it preserved as it would be one of the more significant strike through errors I've seen on a Morgan. I thank you for taking the time to explain. I had already taught myself a bit about the subject. Enough to at least make an observation. Again many thanks. Lovely coin BTW. Enjoy. Edited by Silverskunk
04/29/2025 5:28 pm
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Very interesting coin.
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 This is a great photo. The angle and lighting clearly show a frosted incuse texture, which is exactly what to look for in strikethroughs of softer material. A scrape would smear and smooth the metal, reflecting light in a different way. This photo shows obvious untouched frost maintained from the striking process. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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The angle and lighting clearly show a frosted incuse texture, which is exactly what to look for in strikethroughs of softer material. This is also what a scrape would look like - surface metal removed revealing the underlying silver. Also, this particular "strike through" would have to been in three separate pieces ( CA, *, A ), which is very unlikely. The top of the R is also damaged, but not from a strike through. If a TPG judges this as strike through, I will meekly eat my words. But until then I am convinced that this part of the coin is gouged. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Well, she's back from grading. Hondo, I hope you're hungry:    A few observations: I'm disappointed that they didn't note multiple strikethrough errors on the label. That said, I have to believe that if the smaller ones were scrapes/gouges that the coin would have received a Details grade. I'm even more disappointed that they didn't mount it Reverse-side up as I politely requested (and they've done for me before). All in all, still mostly pleased with the result. Thanks to everyone for your opinions and insight, as always they are truly appreciated. |
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Congratulations!   Errers and Varietys.
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Well, she's back from grading. Hondo, I hope you're hungry: Excellent! |
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Well done, nice result!!
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Awesome results !
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Congrats on the designation/attribution. One other thing I didn't mention about why I saw this as a strikethrough was because I saw no pressure ridges (like when a field is plowed) that occur with scrapes and PSD. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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06/21/2025 10:44 pm
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Thanks @Petespockets55, that will be very helpful next time I find a potential strikethrough.
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