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Pillar of the Community
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 I'll get a better picture later with my camera. It's a gouge-like mark. Is there anything in the minting process that can do this to a coin?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It may be a struck through error. String. But an image of the reverse may tell us more. If the reverse has no raised areas (Damaged) and looks normal, then it may be a struck through error.
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Pillar of the Community
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No sign of any damage at all on the reverse. I'm going to get better pics whit my real camera. Thanks for looking.
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree with coop its a struck through error. Looking at the coin it was struck through some type of fiber possibly a piece of clothing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like it was struck through a caterpillar.
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Valued Member
United States
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Looks like you got a good one there Hoosierdaddy, totally cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From as much as I can see in the photos, that's cool. Retained struck-thrus are far more rare than without debris. Did the coin come out of an OBW?
Could you take a pic of the coin at a slanted angle to show the depth of the debris vs the field and devices?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Going to give it a couple shots with the camera.
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Pillar of the Community
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Much better. Very cool!  That's a really nice struck-through. It looks like it only retained the image of the debris and not the debris itself, but I hope I'm wrong. If you do find one with any type of debris still attached - don't remove it! Nice score! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice! Too bad the object isn't still in there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Any thoughts on it's value...other than it's copper?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would say in the $10 and up range. The coin has a lot of color which is also a plus.
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Valued Member
United States
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I used the technique at maddieclashes.com and came up with something for you: ID marks and Devices match up pretty close, did the best I could with the photos (Had to re-size, and accommodate for the angles the pics were taken at, as well as how I cropped them), So this is in no way a perfect explanation, but I couldn't help myself taking your pics and trying it out, hope you don't mind? First:  Second: (removed this image because I had it set up wrong) I think there's a little more to it possibly. Haven't done the reverse but I thought this was pretty cool. Either way it's a nice find Hoosier, if you think there's any legitimacy to what I've done to your photos then think about shooting it to these guys: http://www.maddieclashes.com/New_Custom_1.html Let me know what happens if you do submit it, I love what they are doing over there, Very cool stuff. Edited by nismojones
02/18/2011 6:51 pm
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Wow. Very cool find! Super interesting.
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