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Valued Member
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Is this coin a keeper on put back in circulation   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks like a BIG keeper! (unless its PMD, of course) |
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Pillar of the Community
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4113 Posts |
 KEEPER! Hopefully Mr Diamond will be along soon for his expert opinion!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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4846 Posts |
look at that clear doubling on both sides! AMAZING!
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll defer to the EXPERTS, but I think this coin is a valid US MINT Error (IMHO)!
I don't know what you would call it, maybe off center/multi-strike, both? but I don't believe its Post mint damage/messing around etc.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is a smash job, not an error
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3076 Posts |
I believe your right there, smashed coin, as a true clash would be on the surface of the coin/dies, not in the deepest recesses of a die
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Pillar of the Community
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4113 Posts |
Oh well, that's why I stated (IMHO).
Hopefully Mr Diamond will also confirm that this is not an error.
*I would still keep it, even for educational purposes, no matter what it is*
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As several others have correctly observed, this coin has been vandalized. It is a squeeze job (hammer job, vise job, sandwich job).
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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Lucky Dlme: Sorry it's not the real deal.
Thank you biochemist6,aladinslamp and Mr Diamond!
*I'm still learning also!*
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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look at that clear doubling on both sides! AMAZING! where? I do not even see MD doubling anywhere, can you specify where you are seeing doubling at on this coin. The reason I ask is for education so the experts can tell what it going on where you are seeing this. I have blown the pictures up and can't see anything that could be mistaken as doubling but if you see something please let me know so no mistakes will be made by our members on any other coin |
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I think lafaa123 was just joking Bryan. Anyway, it's a clear squeeze job, a clash wouldn't penetrate like that. Poor little coin.
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United States
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Man, that's the kind of coin I love to find and look for every time I coin search. Well done!
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Valued Member
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Appreciate all the input and am grateful for the help. When you first observe errors like this (I GET AN ADRENALIN RUSH) I don't know the complete process of the mint's procedure on forming these coins.
What kept drawing my interest to the coin was the rim impressions on the obverse and the reverse, they are in the same place on both sides. My thinking was if someone squeezed this coin, logic would be coin to coin, but the rim impression would constitute a third coin, for the reverse and for the rim's to both have slipped the same distance is BIZZARE But this was just my thinking.
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United States
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There are some that say this is a fake; however if you look at the first pic you will see the word "America" in reverse and recessed into the coin at the edge in front of the nose. You can also see the letter "U" obviously from the word pluribus around the forehead area. If this was a hammer job I don't think the word "America" would have recessed,seeing as how it is already a recessed feature and not a raised feature.  ..I hope this sounds plausable. I am new to this, but it looks like a real mistake to me. Allan |
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If this was a hammer job I don't think the word "America" would have recessed,seeing as how it is already a recessed feature and not a raised feature There are no normal devices on a Washington quarter that are recessed, all of the devices(including AMERICA) are in relief. Smash jobs turn up all the time here with people wondering what they have. Once you have seen them a few times and created them yourself as I have, they are easy to spot. |
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Posted 02/23/2010 10:23 pm
