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Valued Member
United States
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Hey folks, Just found this lil one in a box, was about to flip it to date seach error, but that wire caught my eye. opinions? thoughts on value? take care    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOW! that is definitely the coolest strike through I have ever seen!
UNLESS, its not real, I cant tell
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Pillar of the Community
United States
588 Posts |
wouldn't part of the design end up on the wire?
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Valued Member
 United States
101 Posts |
thanks, Authentic - always a question? I hope the second photo might help , if not I will try for a better photo. look at the I and T in united at the wire, you can see the letter on the wire.
take care
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
It has the general shape of the wire bristles from a file card that I have only read about - never seen. If it's genuine I would guess $20-50? But, I'm just guessing. Wait for the pros on this one. I'll be watching.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Very nice, retained struck through objects are sweet errors  $20-50 would probably be a good starting point and it could go up from there. Whatever you do, DO NOT pick at it   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
What year is it? Looks to be late 60's, early 70's?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
These things are stupid rare and can sometimes go for moon money. I would plan on $50 to start and go up from there. These things rarely happen and rarely make it into circulation when they do.
Oh...and of course it's real. It's embedded into the strike. Can't fake that.
Edited by coppercoins
04/30/2010 09:10 am
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
It is a 1961 LMC, sorry I didnt post that at first had already made its way into the safe. take care |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
Wow... I would keep it. Very cool find!
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 United States
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I agree with coppercoins in the fact that you never see these retained strike thru errors. Usually, only the impression is left. Nice find! Congrats. By the way, are you going to auction? swcoin.ecrater.com
Edited by vermontensium
04/30/2010 5:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3507 Posts |
Definitely genuine and it is a wire bristle from a type of brush that is used at the Mint. It could start at around 40.00 and go up from there.
Thanks,
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is a very cool coin and it beats the heck out of mine, by at least 3/4 of an inch.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19948 Posts |
Very cool! I've never seen one with a wire that huge!
Congrats!
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Valued Member
United States
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thank you for all the comments, for now it will be put into the error book. my curiosity of value is mainly because I am somewhat clueless on more off beat items. in other words, if its not in my small libary coin books, I need help. selling the coins that are not in my main interest of collecting may be in the near future. the error book has had a huge jump in the past 4-6 months, LMC '82 DDR, 2 - LMC '84 - DDO , LMC - '72 DDO die #2 , LMC 97 - DDO , LMC 06 - DDR, and not this struck thru wire error. the thrill of the hunt continues. take care |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just curious.....how many of you have seen one of these with an equivalent or greater size piece of wire? Metalmans is a very nice example, but more typical of the ones I've seen. Just a small piece of wire.
I'm thinking that if you do sell this $50 seems very conservative given the size and orientation of the wire. It's very interesting in how it curves and aligns right with the top of the steps.
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05/01/2010 10:11 pm
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