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New Member
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I'm not really sure what kind of error this is, since a picture is worth 1000 words, I'll let the picture do the talking for me!  ***Edited by Staff to put better image in post ***Edited by mierzwik
12/25/2009 5:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My Guess.Struck through a foreign object.
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New Member
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What about the value of it, or is it a common error?
Edited by mierzwik
12/25/2009 6:04 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm certainly no expert, but this looks post-mint to me  But how it happened to a coin in an uncirculated set is beyond me  Edited by Brian Mc
12/25/2009 6:07 pm
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I would have to say it's a struck through, struck through what, I don't know. A foreign object or maybe grease? Not common but not dramatic enough for a premium IMO. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm going to guess this happened during the strike, and fell out.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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An image of the reverse would tell it is was punched in a garage or a strike through. The punched mark would be raised on the reverse. A normal struck through would show no bulge on the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Come on people! This is a sealed US Government mint set. How could it be post-mint?
It's obviously struck through. This is somewhat common, but with one this dramatic it's probably worth a little premium value to someone interested. There's never any telling what it's struck through unless the shape and size is specifically discernible as something, and this one is not.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If the Mint Set is fully sealed then it has to be a struck-through and this is one that would certainly have value. Of course, what that value would be is a bit more ambiguous since price guides do not exist for this sort of thing. It appears to be deep enough that it would have to have been scrap metal or something equally hard, interesting that it is fairly circular. I would recommend leaving it is the OGP because it becomes much more questionable outside of a Mint Set.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for all the comments on this! Everything is still fully sealed, in case anybody was wondering, so there is no way I or anybody else could have done
this, this is how it came from the mint.
I was thinking of taking it into a coin shop and seeing what they would have to say about it also
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Bedrock of the Community
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Come on people! This is a sealed US Government mint set. How could it be post-mint? It is still possible to have post-mint damage in sealed sets. The coins don't go right from the dies to the packaging and it is possible for coins to get damaged before the packaging. I will agree though that I don't think this one is post-mint. |
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