1998 Silver Eagle error $50K

How many of these are out there?

http://www.coinworld.com/news/preci...n-eagles-they-might-be-on-wrong-planchet.html

 

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Sounds like a mint employee squeeze job........someone made some serious money on that one.

 

I get an "internal server error" message?

 

It seems that portions of the Coin World web site are down.

 

Still down !

 

The Eagle was struck on a planchet intended for a commemorative dollar. It has no reeds and has a slightly smaller diameter and weight than a correct Silver Eagle.

The story says that there may be more out there in unopened monster boxes and unsearched original rolls.

 

Especially since no commemorative Dollar coins were minted at West Point that year..........

 

Or Philly either......

 

According to the article, West Point was striking Black Revolutionary War Patriots Silver Dollars and Robert F. Kennedy Silver Dollars at the same time as the ASE.

 

All dollars for that year were minted in San Fran......

 

That's how I figure a lot of the major errors happen , or when they do happen a mint employee (helps ) them out of the building .

 

Nope, San Fran.

 

Red Book is our friend.....

 

Not that I take the article as gospel, but the Red book has never been wrong?

 

Not where the coin has been minted........

 

How did it take to figure out that SF was minting ASEs with no mint mark?

 

http://moderncommemoratives.com/1998-black-revolutionary-war-patriots-silver-dollar/

http://moderncommemoratives.com/1998-robert-f-kennedy-silver-dollar/

 

That's only recently.

 

Philly minted proof and business strike ASE's that year.

 

Squeeze Job......