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Pillar of the Community
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I doubt very much that it got out of the mint like that.
Not saying impossible, but highly unlikely. Post mint damage most likely.
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't know if it was post mint because it appears the the top of the coin has the blakesley effect going on.
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Moderator
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That's one heck of a lamination error you got there.
Can't think of what could possibly cause this. Possibly liquid nitrogen was used and hit really hard which would explain the contact marks
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Valued Member
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Wow someone payed 108$$ for it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One born every minute !
Even a possible clipped planchet like that
is improbable. A die doing that ?
Then escaping ?
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Pillar of the Community
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Gonna get the jigsaw and  file out :) Make some extra money. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Noticed the Censor. Did not think the actual name of the file
was an improper word. Sorry about that. Have been calling them
that since I was a kid.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's a genuine ragged clip. It got out the same way as any other errors of this period -- in a mint-sewn bag or in a bulk shipment that was received at a counting house or Federal Reserve Bank.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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I don't know mike but there something about that 1961.that make me think it was a home made error.
but that is just my opinion
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely not homemade. A couple things to look at- the major rim absence opposite the clip due to the Blakesley Effect and IGWT is stretched towards the edge, that can only come from the metal flowing towards the collar but not being restrained by it due to the smaller size of the planchet. Ragged clips come from a planchet being punched from the end of the metal stock sheet whereas a straight clip would come from the side of the sheet and a curved clip would be from overlap within the sheet. My biggest gripe with the auction is that larger pics would have been better for an error like this one.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks homemade to me.Notice the scrape marks on the cheek and rim.Looks like post mint damage.
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Valued Member
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I'm with mike and biokemist. If it was homemade there is no way that they could have gotten the words in god we trust to flow towards the edge, and to have gotten rid of the rim in that spot without obliterating the letters. Exactly what chemist said. Also you can see where the letters LIBE appear to be flowing towards the bottom edge although not as much. Of course the scratches are post mint damage probably by someone throwing it away thinking it wasn't worth anything. Looks like it was scuffed by being in a parking lot or something of that nature.
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi,
I am going to add to the opinions that the coin is a genuine coin struck on an incomplete planchet. The flow of the motto, IN GOD WE TRUST is a dead giveaway:-) It also should be said, that Mike D. could identify an error of this type with one eye closed and with a blindfold over the other one:-)
Have Fun,
Bill
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