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Very cool find! I think John1 is right.
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Pillar of the Community
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Even though it was damaged, I think it is way cool.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The coin itself is not damaged, just the rev die that struck it. The damage was caused by a feeder finger(metal plate that moves planchets to the dies) dragging across the die so that does indeed make it an error. I think it is a bit unusual to see the damage covering almost the entire reverse, very nice  Edited by biokemist6
08/08/2011 2:37 pm
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Very nice find! Haven't seen anything this dramatic, but you can tell it came before the final strike because the lines pass through the devices of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very cool! That is neat how it rquns under the design
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Wow--that is really dramatic! The die was probably retired from that much damage. |
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biokemist6, thanks for the explanation. I really don't know much about how coins are made but I have a small collection of what I think are error coins and I am always eager to learn about the process.
bournepiper, I think my best error coin would be a chipped penny. Your coin is very cool and it makes me want to keep searching!
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First time to see such and it is only here at CCF.
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it must have been that the blank was this way before stike ! maybe ?
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As others have remarked, the reverse die has heavy die scrapes from a feeder finger. This example is about as severe as they get. Nice find.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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I like that and now I'll be looking for those too, jeez, it never stops.  |
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That's a really cool error right there!
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